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Troops describe hardships, wounds during Bergdahl searches

By JONATHAN DREW dead,” said Hatch, who
Associated Press entered the courtroom
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — with a limp and a service
Several soldiers and a Navy dog.
SEAL testified Wednesday Hatch said he believes he
about the risky, all-out ef- would have died if a com-
forts to find Bowe Berg- rade hadn’t quickly ap-
dahl after the soldier’s plied a tourniquet. Hatch
2009 disappearance in has subsequently had 18
Afghanistan. Troops and surgeries.
commanders went without He was largely stoic and
sleep. Shirts and socks dis- spoke in measured tones
integrated on soldiers dur- except for several times
ing weekslong patrols. And when he talked about the
several service members slain military dog, Remco.
were seriously wounded — Hatch said the dog helped
including the Navy com- protect his team by locat-
mando whose career was ing enemy fighters after
ended by AK-47 fire. the SEALs lost sight of them.
The testimony came at As the hearing got under-
a sentencing hearing for way, the Army judge, Col.
Bergdahl, who walked Jeffery R. Nance, said he
away from a remote post was still considering a mo-
in Afghanistan and was tion by the defense to dis- This June 24, 2015 photo shows Navy SEAL James Hatch in Norfolk, Va. Hatch’s leg wound from
held by Taliban allies for miss the case. The defense enemy fire while searching for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl ended his career as a Navy SEAL.
five years. He pleaded has argued that President (Bill Tiernan/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
guilty to desertion and mis- Donald Trump’s comments nearly 40 days straight had to guard the outpost that about it,” he said of the
behavior before the en- about Bergdahl prevent their clothing start to disin- Bergdahl walked away heat and ever-present
emy last week and faces him from having a fair sen- tegrate on their bodies. from near the Afghan town dung beetles. “It was miser-
a maximum of life in prison. tencing hearing. “We had to fly socks and of Mest. The rest of the pla- able.”
The wounded SEAL, retired Other soldiers who testified T-shirts to them because toon embarked on a fran- Buetow, who rejoined his
Navy Senior Chief Petty Of- described an exhausting they had literally just rot- tic search in the nearby platoon on subsequent
ficer James Hatch, said his and dangerous around- ted off them,” he said. “We areas. search missions, broke
team’s helicopters came the-clock effort to find the were all doing the best we Sitting in a fortified bun- down in tears when a pros-
under fire as they landed soldier in the weeks after could.” ker, Buetow and another ecutor asked him why the
in an area near the Paki- his disappearance. Evan Buetow, who served soldier suffered stomach guard duty and searches
stan border where they Army Col. Clinton Baker, as a sergeant in Bergda- flu-like symptoms while try- were important.
had information on Berg- who commanded Bergda- hl’s platoon, said he was ing to stay awake and be “I mean, my guy was
dahl’s possible where- hl’s battalion at the time, among three soldiers who vigilant. gone,” he said before
abouts. He said the mission said one unit on patrol for were left behind for 10 days “Every single day I think reaching for a tissue.q
in the days after Bergdahl
disappeared was hastily New York probing NRA insurance for gun owners
planned, and their only ob-
jective was the Bergdahl
search. By LISA MARIE PANE launched earlier this year surance,” whether the NRA is illegal-
A military dog leading Associated Press by the nation’s most power- because they believe it ly receiving commissions
them through a field lo- New York (AP) — ful gun lobbying group and would lull gun owners into a without proper licensing.
cated two enemy fighters An insurance policy offered is being promoted to gun- false sense of security and The NRA began heavily
that the team had seen at by the National Rifle Asso- owners as needed cover- encourage them to shoot promoting the policies at its
a distance. Hatch said the ciation is under scrutiny by age to help cover civil and rather than try to avoid annual meetings this past
fighters sprayed AK-47 bul- insurance regulators after criminal legal costs in cases confrontations. spring.
lets at them, killing the dog. gun-control groups raised when they shoot someone New York state financial Lockton Affinity is the insur-
He was hit in the leg. questions about how it’s in self-defense. regulators have launched ance company that ad-
“I screamed a lot. It hurt re- being marketed. Gun-control advocates an investigation into how ministers the policies while
ally bad ... I thought I was Carry Guard insurance was have called it “murder in- it’s being marketed and Chubb is the underwriter. q