Will Bergdahl Get an Honorable Discharge?

[usmcstinger]

What are the odds, under the current state of our executive branch and Pentagon, that Bowe Bergdahl gets an honorable discharge and what would that say to other vets who got a general for things like a DUI?

There will be an investigation by the Army to determine the charges he will face.
Then he will go before a military court.
Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), directives and regulations issued
Punitive Discharges. Punitive discharges are authorized punishments of courts-martial and can only be awarded as an approved court-martial sentence pursuant to a conviction for a violation of the UCMJ. There are two types of punitive discharges: Dishonorable Discharge (DD) -- which can only be adjudged by a general court-martial and is a separation under dishonorable conditions; and Bad-Conduct Discharge (BCD) -- which can be adjudged by either a general court-martial or a special court-martial and is a separation under conditions other than honorable.

Administrative Separations. Administrative separations cannot be awarded by a court-martial and are not punitive in nature. Enlisted personnel may be administratively separated with a characterization of service (characterized separation) or description of separation (uncharacterized separation) as warranted by the facts of the particular case.
"Basis" is the reason for which the person is being administratively separated (e.g., pattern of misconduct, convenience of the government for parenthood, weight control failure, etc.). "Characterization of service" refers to the quality of the individual's military service (e.g., honorable, general, or Other Than Honorable).
Individuals who are separated with less than 180 days of continuous active military service may be separated as an "Entry Level Separation." In these cases, there is no characterization of service at all.
Another type of administrative separation is "Order of Release from the Custody and Control of the Military Services" by reason of void enlistment or induction. This type of separation also has no characterization of service.

Military Justice 101 - Part 3, Enlisted Administrative Separations

Next time do your own research.

 

[HenryBHough]

Right now the polling seems to suggest a public hanging might do the most to cover OKP's ass but, y'never know, when all the numbers are crunched and analyzed it could turn into a Rose Garden Love Fest.

Remember, it's not about the event; it's about the agenda.

 

[Picaro]

There will be an investigation by the Army to determine the charges he will face.
Then he will go before a military court.
Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), directives and regulations issued

I'll wait for the results of this before I believe anything reported in the media or in the Fever Swamps of message boards, pro or con.

 

[Politico]

That is something that we do not know as of yet.....until he is convicted he is innocent until proven guilty..

That's not how the spewers think things should work.