Can someone please clarify for me why this POS was a member of the 501st Airborne Infantry of the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 25th Infantry Division, an Airborne BCT, yet has no jump wings? Was Bergdahl one of these fill-in troops who are sent to Airborne units without being jump qualified? If so, that could explain some of his feelings of not fitting in with his platoon, with not being a true part of it. I’m not making excuses for him; hell, I think he should be shot, but it could explain some of his alienation and his lack of loyalty to his platoon mates.
I was assigned to my TO&E unit, the 101st MP Detachment, before going to the division jump school then operating at Fort Campbell. We “legs” were treated like West Point plebes, with constant harassment until we got our jump wings, so I can imagine how a leg might be ostracized in a combat unit, especially a weird duck like this turd.
Can someone please clarify for me why this POS was a member of the 501st Airborne Infantry of the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 25th Infantry Division, an Airborne BCT, yet has no jump wings? Was Bergdahl one of these fill-in troops who are sent to Airborne units without being jump qualified? If so, that could explain some of his feelings of not fitting in with his platoon, with not being a true part of it. I’m not making excuses for him; hell, I think he should be shot, but it could explain some of his alienation and his lack of loyalty to his platoon mates.
I was assigned to my TO&E unit, the 101st MP Detachment, before going to the division jump school then operating at Fort Campbell. We “legs” were treated like West Point plebes, with constant harassment until we got our jump wings, so I can imagine how a leg might be ostracized in a combat unit, especially a weird duck like this turd.
Anybody know? Hondo, you out there?