article_snippet: Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the enlisted U.S. soldier who left Platoon post in Afghanistan in 2009 and was later ransomed from an Islamist extremist network by Obama administration for five Taliban leaders, was charged with desertion and 'misbehavior before the Enemy buy the U.S. Army on Wednesday.
article_snippet: Bergdahl, a US Army sergeant who was swapped in 2014 for five high-value Taliban leaders, has been charged with desertion and will face a military court martial, according to reports on Wednesday .
article_snippet: In addition to a potential life sentence, punishments for the crimes Bowe Bergdahl was charged with include a dishonorable discharge from the Army, a reduction in rank all the way down to '
article_snippet: Bowe Bergdahl will face charges under articles 85 and 99 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice . '
article_snippet: the United States Army decision to send the Bergdahl case to a court martial signals that military prosecutors believe military prosecutors can prove Bowe Bergdahl never intended to return to his combat unit.
article_snippet: One of the prisoner swap, Cody Full, told a congressional committee in June 2014 that Bergdahl could – and should – be court martialed on eight separate charges, including disobeying orders and 'misconduct' as a prisoner.