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They want to see where their tax dollars are being spent when we do something with the military. weapons system. but i've got a philosophy if you country drive it fly it or shoot it we blow it up. gunnytime is on steroids and it's on tonight. >> let me ask you something, are the marines on board with this. do you check with them first? >> i spent two weeks with the marine corp. we did 80 millimeter mortars. we did all kinds -- mark 19 grenade launcher which is it's a machine gun grenade launcher. if you can't kill them with that then go home. but the marine corp, i've been dealing with them ma...

Using weapons every bit as deadly as if it were the real thing. the marines were firing 60 millimeter mortars, small bombs, placed into firing tubes that can launch over a mile. instead, the mortar exploded while still in the firing tube. and in a flash, those seven marines were dead and more than half a dozen more wounded. including a navy corpsman. >> a team of investigators has begun the investigation to figure out just what happened. >> reporter: until they find out why, the marine corps will suspend the use of all 60 millimeter mortars and tubes worldwide. >> this was suggested the marine...

At this time on-- using 60 millimeter mortars until it's complete. this was a live scene carried out. three were killed immediately and others died while waiting to be medivaced to nearby hospitals. some were taken to reno. hawthorne army depot was used since 1930, has nearly 3000 buildings and desert conditions similar to iraq and afghanistan. >> but one of the things of sequester is we cut back in training and maintenance. that's the way the sequester was written. >> reporter: marine officials who we've spoken to in the wake of the hawthorne incident had this to say about senator reid's comm...