and released as part of the deal brokered by the qa ta ri government. sergeant bergdahl back in court on desertion. johnathon is watching the developments from the atlanta bureau. what did we learn in the pretrial hearing? sergeant bergdahl did not enter a plea in the pretrial hearing, it focused on how both sides presented their case in summer including how to handle 300000 pages of classified documents in the case. in the hearings, the sergeant appears in the army service uniform and not allowed to earn service medals including a nato service medal and pow ribbon and heart.