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>> reporter: yeah, well, i mean, there's no predetermined time frame for that to take place. certainly, the reintegration process, as they're calling it here, the process of psychoanalysis and helping him to get back into society and back to his family, it starts in earnest here at this regional medical facility at landstuhl, but it will continue once he goes back to the united states. they're not giving at the moment any type of time scale for that to happen. it could be the next few days, a week or even longer, who knows? it will very much be determined, they say, on the pace of his healing ...

There aren't that many people that can relate to what bergdahl's family has been going through. john mccain is one. keith stanza is another. he was reunited with his family after being held for five years in columbia. he went to the same facility where sergeant bergdahl is expected to go. in 2003 he was taking part in a counter narcotics mission for the pentagon when his plane wept down. the colombian military rescued him. he was rescued with 15 other hostages. he joins me now live. along with his mother. appreciate you being with us. you were held for five years and you went to the same reint...

John mccain is one. keith stanza is another. he was reunited with his family after being held for five years in columbia. he went to the same facility where sergeant bergdahl is expected to go. in 2003 he was taking part in a counter narcotics mission for the pentagon when his plane wept down. the colombian military rescued him. he was rescued with 15 other hostages. he joins me now live. along with his mother. appreciate you being with us. you were held for five years and you went to the same reintegration process that sergeant bergdahl is going through. what's the biggest challenge you face ...

What are his issues that they're beginning to find out now? so, they say that they're very sensitive to everything that he's been through, but it's really going to be down to him. how much time does he need to sort of come through the phase where they feel and he feels ready to make that long journey, long-awaited, as well, journey back home, john. >> circumstances of his capture and all the controversy surrounding it right now. is that part of the discussion as they speak to bergdahl in these early days? >> reporter: you know, we're not being given a blow-by-blow and a breakdown of what's bee...

Reintegration process which bars him from speaking to family members until he returns to the u.s. the army put on hold the rank promotion that he was due later this month, greta. in light of the new investigation. and that 15.6 army investigation that took place in the months after bergdahl disappeared, i'm told, is about 35 pages long and includes interviews with members of his squad. it concludes without a doubt that bergdahlismfully walked willfully walked off base and conclude he was a deserter, greta. >> what was his health? there has been some suggestion by some of his advisors, i think ...