SAN ANTONIO — U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the former prisoner of war whose recent release from Taliban captivity prompted both celebration and controversy, has arrived in Texas.
A flight transporting Bergdahl from a U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, landed in San Antonio at about 1:40 a.m. Friday.
Bergdahl is expected to begin the next phase of his rehabilitation and reintegration process at Brooke Army Medical Center.
The U.S. Army South command is charged with helping Bergdahl re-acclimate to society. Among the medical center's personnel are specialists trained to conduct medical and psychological exams and interviews about his time in solitary confinement.
Bergdahl was held by the Taliban for nearly five years. He went missing from his post in Afghanistan in 2009. He was released May 31 in exchange for five Taliban prisoners who were being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/13/bowe-bergdahl-texas-arrival/10411269/
Good thing he wasn't wounded in battle but deserted his post instead. Otherwise he'd be waiting years for substandard medical care.