Several American soldiers got killed looking for this POS, a deserter who joined up with the Taliban voluntarily. Forwarded from the secret Special Forces unauthorized back channel frequency:
‘WANTED TO MEET WITH THE TALIBAN’: PLATOONMATE WHO DISCOVERED BERGDAHL MISSING PAINTS PORTRAIT OF LONG-PREMEDITATED DESERTION BY TRAITOR WHOSE ACTIONS KILLED U.S. TROOPS
Sean Linnane (h/t whuptdue) “We were at OP Mest, Paktika Province, Afghanistan. It was a small outpost where B Co 1-501st INF (Airbone) ran operations out of, just an Infantry platoon and ANA counterparts there.
The place was an Afghan graveyard. Bergdahl had been acting a little strange, telling people he wanted to “walk the earth” and kept a little journal talking about how he was meant for better things. No one thought anything about it. He was a little “out there”.
Next morning he’s gone. We search everywhere, and can’t find him. He left his weapon, his kit, and other sensitive items. He only took some water, a compass and a knife. We find some afghan kids shortly after who saw an american walking north asking about where the taliban are.
We get hits on our voice intercepter that Taliban has him, and we were close. We come to realize that the kid deserted his post, snuck out of camp and sought out Taliban… to join them. We were in a defensive position at OP Mest, where your focus is to keep people out. He knew where the blind spots were to slip out and that’s what he did.
It was supposed to be a 4-day mission but turned into several months of active searching. Everyone was spun up to find this guy.
News outlets all over the country were putting out false information. It was hard to see, especially when we knew the truth about what happened and we lost good men trying to find him.
PFC Matthew Michael Martinek, Staff Sgt. Kurt Robert Curtiss, SSG Clayton Bowen, PFC Morris Walker, SSG Michael Murphrey, 2LT Darryn Andrews, were all KIA from our unit who died looking for Bergdahl. Many others from various units were wounded or killed while actively looking for Bergdahl.
Fighting Increased. IEDs and enemy ambushes increased. The Taliban knew that we were looking for him in high numbers and our movements were predictable. Because of Bergdahl, more men were out in danger, and more attacks on friendly camps and positions were conducted while we were out looking for him. His actions impacted the region more than anyone wants to admit.
There is also no way to know what he told the Taliban: Our movements, locations, tactics, weak points on vehicles and other things for the enemy to exploit are just a few possibilities. The Government knows full well that he deserted. It looks bad and is a good propaganda piece for the Taliban.
They refuse to acknowledge it. Hell they even promoted him to Sergeant which makes me sick. I feel for his family who only want their son/brother back. They don’t know the truth, or refuse to acknowledge it as well. What he did affected his family and his whole town back home, who don’t know the truth.
Either way what matters is that good men died because of him. He has been lying on all those Taliban videos about everything since his “capture”. If he ever returns, he should be tried under the UCMJ for being a deserter and judged for what he did. Bergdahl is not a hero, he is not a soldier or an Infantryman. He failed his brothers. Now, sons and daughters are growing up without their fathers who died for him and he will have to face that truth someday.”
ALL KILLED IN ACTION SEARCHING FOR BERGDAHL:
PFC Matthew Michael Martinek,Died September 11, 2009 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
20, of DeKalb, Ill.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Sept. 11 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, of wounds sustained in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Sept. 4 when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised-explosive device followed by a rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire.
Staff Sgt. Kurt Robert Curtiss, Died August 26, 2009 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
27, of Murray, Utah; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Aug. 26 in Sar Howzeh, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when he was shot while his unit was supporting Afghan security forces during an enemy attack.
SSG Clayton Bowen,
Died August 18, 2009 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
29, of San Antonio; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Aug. 18 in Dila, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Also killed was Pfc. Morris L. Walker.
PFC Morris Walker, Died August 18, 2009 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
23, of Chapel Hill, N.C.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Aug. 18 in Dila, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Also killed was Staff Sgt. Clayton P. Bowen.
SSG Michael Murphrey, Died September 6, 2009 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
25, of Snyder, Texas; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Sept. 6 in FOB Sharana, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Many others from various units were wounded or killed while actively looking for Bergdahl.
Robert Bergdah, Bowe’s father in his Muslim garb and beard
more from twitter including:
“I will not disclose what a person of his rank could or would know at his point in the military. But it’s enough.”
and
“IEDs started being placed more effectively in the coming weeks. Ambushes were more calculated, cover and concealment was used”
1 comment:
Why were the soldiers who were present at the outpost ordered to sign a non-disclosure agreement to not tell anyone of the incident? The soldier who gave the order is subject to Court Martial under the UCMJ as well as those who signed the agreement. I think the U.S. Department of Defense needs to be brought into the picture as they have the authority to interview every soldier who signed the non-disclosure agreement to not tell anyone of the incident and force every soldier to testify. This is getting worse every hour and it will only come to a head when there is a Court Martial filed against all soldiers who signed the non-disclosure agreement as they also aided the enemy by signing such an agreement. This also explains why some of the soldiers who signed the agreement aren't saying anything to the press or anyone else. Some soldiers have made statements. It remains to be seen if all will volunteer to make a statement or be ordered to by the U.S. Department of Defense or another agency of the U.S. government. Personally, I think those who signed the non-disclosure agreement did so because they all agreed to shoot to kill Bowe R. Bergdahl were they to find him. That's what is done in this type of situation while engaging an enemy in a dangerous combat situation. This was done in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. A soldier who places the lives of those with whom he is serving in danger has to be removed from the area and oftentimes the only way to remove that soldier is to kill him and then show him as "killed in Action". I'm a U.S. Marine (1957-1963) and I would have shot and killed Bowe R. Bergdahl in such a situation.
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