Bowe Bergdahl

Nobody knows if he defected or he’s a traitor or he was kidnapped.

Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal on Wednesday urged Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s critics not to “judge” him until all the facts are in and sharply defended the extensive and risky search efforts that claimed the lives of some of his fellow soldiers.
“We did a huge number of operations to try to stop the Taliban from being able to move him across the border into Pakistan,” McChrystal told Yahoo News in an exclusive interview. “And we made a great effort and put a lot of people at risk in doing that, but that’s what you should do. That’s what soldiers do for each other.”

Bergdahl’s release as part of a prisoner swap involving five Taliban commanders has drawn angry scrutiny in Congress. It has also prompted some of his former comrades in arms to paint him as a deserter unworthy of the frantic search efforts on his behalf.

McChrystal, who commanded the war effort in Afghanistan at the time of Bergdahl’s June 2009 vanishing, declined to shed any more light on the circumstances of his disappearance.

“We’re going to have to wait and talk to Sgt. Bergdahl now and get his side of the story,” he said. “One of the great things about America is we should not judge until we know the facts. And after we know the facts, then we should make a mature judgment on how we should handle it.”

Asked whether he would have made the same prisoner swap, McChrystal replied: “We don’t leave Americans behind. That’s unequivocal.”

Jimmy Carter was the originator of this Jihadist dilemma that we have been dealing with for three decades.

“We’re going to have to wait and talk to Sgt. Bergdahl now and get his side of the story,” he said. “One of the great things about America is we should not judge until we know the facts. And after we know the facts, then we should make a mature judgment on how we should handle it.”

Asked whether he would have made the same prisoner swap, McChrystal replied: “We don’t leave Americans behind. That’s unequivocal.”

and Ken the lunatic M,, i served six years with the USAF Auxiliary and at the end of that was offered a warrant officer 2 in the regular AirForce. I served at Mcllelan USAFB, Wright Patterson USAFB, Nellis USAFB, Lackland USAFB, Hawthorne Naval Ammunition depot, and Biteburg Germany. Attended all manner of tech schooling at the air bases and I even flew airwacs missions supporting operations in the straights of hanoi.. That was ALL VOLUNTEER time might i add, all in SAR operations. Have over 2000 sorties on SAR missions throughout the west and over seas. So stuff your "i didnt serve shyt" right up yur hiney...

10/28/2013 - CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti -- CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti -- An Air Force Reserve SERE specialist with the 920th Rescue Wing was named top honor graduate of the French Forces Desert Combat Survival Course held here in October.

Staff Sgt. Benjamin Domian, deployed here from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., joined more than 160 French and U.S. military members who participated in the 10-day desert combat course, with about 143 completing the test of mental and physical obstacles in the Djiboutian desert.

"We're incredibly proud of him," said Capt. Luc Chandou, a combat rescue officer with the 920th. "I discussed his performance with some of the trainees, and they were all awed by his strength, knowledge and leadership."

Joint training, such as this, builds relationships with partner nations and ensures Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa members are continually ready to support military operations in East Africa to defeat violent extremist organizations.

Been that way for over 250 years.

The United States Navy recognizes 13 October 1775 as the date of its official establishment