Bowe Bergdahl at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Oct. 26, 2017. These injuries are central to the prosecution’s argument that by abandoning his post, Bergdahl, now 31, created greater danger for U.S. troops deployed to eastern Afghanistan. Bergdahl pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, with the latter charge carrying a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. “Enemy forces were the direct cause of the horrific wounds” to Allen, said Army Maj. Oren Gleich, a defense lawyer. The prosecution played a video Marx took on the mission before the attack to highlight the relevance of Bergdahl to the mission.

Source: Washington Post October 26, 2017 22:03 UTC