Neither they nor their 588 fellow prisoners have, or will be, accorded nearly the level of prolonged national tribute, recognition and admiration that has been undeservedly heaped on John McCain.
My friend, Lt. Colonel Steve Hyle (AF, Ret.), is a prodigious writer. He has some thoughts on efforts to restrict any sign of faith in his beloved US Air Force. Colonel Hyle was acquainted with former Chiefs-of-Staff Curtis LeMay and John C...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Emails an American soldier sent to his parents before he was captured by the Taliban three years ago suggest he was disillusioned and considering deserting. Bowe Bergdahl told his parents he was "disgusted" with the U.S. mission in Afghanistan and with the Army...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The father of a U.S. soldier who was taken prisoner in Afghanistan is thanking the motorcycle riders of Rolling Thunder for raising awareness of missing-in-action troops and prisoners of war.
A Wood River man may be in contact with his son's Taliban captors. The New York Times is reporting that Robert Bergdahl is in contact with someone he believes is a member of the Taliban. Bergdahl said he emails a man that has accurate information about his son, Bowe...
Idaho House lawmakers marked Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's third birthday in captivity of a Taliban-allied group in central Asia. Bergdahl is a U.S. soldier from Hailey, Idaho, taken prisoner in Afghanistan in June 2009 who is now being held by the Haqqani network. The now-26-year-old Bergdahl was born March 28, 1986.
A Wisconsin family has started a petition drive to try and help bring a Hailey soldier back home from Afghanistan. Bowe Bergdahl, a 25-year-old Army sergeant from Hailey, was taken prisoner two and a half years ago by the Taliban. He is the only known American prisoner of war currently being held...
A newly released Taliban video shows the only U.S. soldier held captive in the Afghan war being blindfolded and led away by an insurgent. It appears a portion of the same video was released months ago. The SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks militant websites, says the video released on Jihadist forums Wednesday shows Spc. Bowe Bergdahl standing next to Sangin Zadran, a senior official in the al