Bowe Bergdahl faces arraignment today at Fort Bragg on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. The desertion charge carries a maximum five year sentence while the rarely used misbehavior offense carries a maximum life term. In fact, the so-called Article 99 charge has been been applied only once in the last 70 years. Military.com: Before the Bergdahl case, the most high-profile use of the "misbehavior" offense in the last 70 years under Article 99 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice involved a Navycommander who surrendered his ship in 1968. A naval Board of Inquiry consisting of five admirals recommended that Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher face a court martial under Article 99 for surrendering the spy ship USS Pueblo, which was armed with two .50 caliber machineguns, to North Korea. It was the first time a U.S. officer had surrendered a ship since the War of 1812. Then-Navy Secretary John Chafee overruled the admirals and dismissed the charge,...(Read Full Post)