Former POW Bergdahl stable after return to US

The American soldier freed in a swap with the Afghan Taliban is in stable condition after five years in captivity but has not yet reunited with his parents, military officers said Friday.
Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who returned to the United States in an overnight flight, was undergoing medical treatment and speaking to psychologists at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.
The 28-year-old soldier "looked good" upon arrival, Major General Joseph DiSalvo told a news conference.
He joked that Bergdahl appeared "a little bit nervous" before a two-star general like himself, "just like any sergeant would."
Officials said Bergdahl's reintegration process involved slowly increasing his chances to make choices and have control, something he was denied during his time in the Taliban's hands.
Bergdahl was able to walk into the hospital without problems, and doctors were encouraged by his stable condition, said Colonel Ronald Wool, a physician at the medical center.
"Overall, we're pleased with his physical state," he said.
"We allowed him to get settled in to the hospital and into his room and his environment, and we are going to be planning more comprehensive testing and consultation."
The only American in uniform to be held by insurgents in the Afghanistan war, Bergdahl will eventually face questions from investigators about the circumstances of his disappearance and whether he deserted his post.
But first, he will receive more medical attention, as specialists gradually try to help him shift from a prisoner's survival mode to more "normal" behavior, officers said.
"We ... work to normalize the behaviors, letting them know that copious skills they used in captivity, although functional in that environment, may not be functional now," said psychologist Colonel Bradley Poppen.
Under the military's "reintegration" rules for freed prisoners of war, the soldier can decide when to meet family, but officials declined to specify a date for his parents' first visit, to safeguard their privacy.