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Kayla Harrison, Bowe Bergdahl’s childhood friend, on her first conversation with Bowe after his captivity.
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Kayla Harrison, Bowe Bergdahl’s childhood friend, on her first conversation with Bowe after his captivity.
In August 2014, then-Major General Kenneth Dahl interviewed Bowe Bergdahl as part of an investigation into the circumstances of his capture. Here is the transcript of their discussion.
This brief overview shows where points along Bowe Bergdahl’s timeline fall within the bigger context of the Afghan war.
Bowe Bergdahl was discharged from the coast guard in 2006, a few weeks after he joined. This graph shows the number of coast guard recruits each year since 2001 and the percentage of recruits who were discharged within six months.
When Bowe Bergdahl went to enlist in the army in 2008, he had to explain a previous discharge from the Coast Guard and get a waiver. This graphic shows the number of waivers approved from 2001 to the present.
From the soldier to the brigade, here’s how the command structure typically works.