Landstuhl Medical Center – When Bergdahl might make the next leg of his journey home after five years in Taliban captivity will depend on how his recovery at Landstuhl goes, officials said.  Bergdahl arrived at the medical center around 9 a.m. Sunday morning.

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The largest American hospital outside the United States, the center has treated more than 70,000 troops injured in Iraq and Afghanistan and last cared for former POWs from the Iraq war in 2003.

[…]  Bergdahl is being debriefed by Army questioners while receiving care, Col Steve Warren said, with questions focusing on intelligence matters as well as the conditions he faced while in captivity.

Asked whether debriefings include detailed questioning about the circumstances of his disappearance — some fellow troops have said Bergdahl deserted his unit, while intercepted Taliban communications indicate he was snared while on patrol — Warren said such investigations would wait until after Bergdahl receives treatment.

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[…] The last time former prisoners-of-war recovered at the medical center, back in 2003, they were photographed waving from a hospital balcony five days into their stay. The seven soldiers served in the same unit as then-Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch.  (link)

According to media reports, as of the end of day #5 Bowe Bergdahl has yet to talk to, or have contact with, his parents or family.

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