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>> cnn's nick joining me live from thousand oaks, california. what are we learning about the gunman? >> he is a 28-year-old local man, a united states marine corps veteran. he served in afghanistan for seven months between 2010 and 2011. he was a machine gunner honorably discharged in 2013. he also heard from the sheriff this morning that he had minor brushes with the law. he was apparently the victim in a bar fight in 2015, a couple of minor traffic incidents, but most interestingly in april of this year, deputies were called to his home after an incident. he was reported to be irate and ment...

Bloodiest fighting. 2009, 2010, 2011. he was there during the surge. he was also rated as a machine gunner. i mean, he carried an m-240 or 249. he knew his way around weapons. if he had the extended mag that police talked about or was proficient in changing magazines, yeah, you could do that kind of damage if you're that skilled and a marine corps serviceman that served in the helmand proves where the bloodiest fighting for the corps was, yeah, he could accomplish that. >> you're also a veteran, and you're not besmirching veterans. you're saying he had a certain kind of skill that he learned. ...

Long, a united states marine corps vet, served as a machine gunner and was honorably discharged in 2013. a neighbor says long was intensely private and not social, and his mother worried about what he might do. >> you know, she lived in near. >> she told you that? >> yeah. >> what did she tell you exactly? >> oh, i don't want to go into it. she just worried. she was worried about her son. >> we've got multiple people down. we need a lot of ambulances. >> reporter: police say long walked into the bar just after 11:00 p.m. dressed in all black and armed with a glock. many students were shot. ser...

The mental health professional checks the box, it's similar to what happened in the parkland shooter. this guy, he's off the charts insane and they give him a clean bill of health. these mental health professionals, i'm not blaming them but they have to address the modalities they are going through when they see is this person a threat? they are letting off a lot of people that then go out and shoot people. we have this guy, he was a machine gunner in afghanistan. he saw some nasty stuff. probably has done some nasty stuff. maybe you get a guy like this, if he's really seen a lot of action, an...

We know that he spent some time in the marine corps, and now it seems as if we have the answer to that question. nbc's pentagon correspondent hans nichols joins me now with that answer. >> we have the official marines service record and he did see combat in afghanistan. it looks like in 2010. from his service record we know what he did, what his mos was. he was a machine gunner. it looks like he was in active duty for about three years, dates of service from 2008, august 2008 to march 2013. now, he got out as a corporal. he did have several awards. he had a navy unit accommodat n accommodation...