Bergdahl, 31, told the judge that he “left [his] observation post on [his] own.”
“I understand leaving was against the law,” he said.
But Bergdahl also said he deserted his post to try and reach his dispatch base to report a "critical problem in my chain of command," CNN reported.
He didn’t say what the “critical problem” was.
Related: Las Vegas sheriff is growing frustrated by massacre’s unanswered questions
Bergdahl could get up to life in prison when he's sentenced by the military judge.
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