Dialing for de$erter$...Bergdahl may get huge windfall?!

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Publisher’s note:  Someone help me out here.  According to Fox News, if found not to be a deserter, Bowe Bergdahl could receive up to $350K tax free for his time in 'captivity.'  The breakdown is $200K in back pay and a 'bonus' $150K?!  

My first question is how the hell does 5 years of a Private promoted to Sgt. equate to $200K in back pay?  Then, maybe I’m wrong, but since when do POW’s receive a 'bonus’?!

Fox News:  Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl could have a tax-free $350,000 dropped into his bank account if the current investigation into his disappearance from his base in Afghanistan was not desertion, and if he is deemed to have been a prisoner of war for the five years he was held by Islamic militants, Fox News has learned.

The 28-year-old soldier, for whom the U.S. traded five senior Taliban operatives held at Guantanamo Bay, was set to return to active duty Monday after spending six weeks in medical rehab at Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio. 

“Essentially he’ll be working a desk job,” Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren told reporters at the Pentagon Monday.

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