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Or chain of command derelict of duties. >> they put a lot of blame on your son. >> yes, they did. >> reporter: in what is now official army history, the army largely blamed platoon leader lieutenant jonathan brostrom for the deaths. the report says he picked a poor location for the observation post and failed to use afghan security forces as lookouts. >> it's a lot easier to blame a dead second lieutenant than it is the chain of command. >> so drew, this just begs the question -- now what? what recourse do the family members have some what pushback is possible this is there an inspector genera...

Petraeus and general notonsky's decision, it was embarrassing to them. the final decision was more to protect the institution than it was focused on finding officers or chain of command derelict of duties. >> they put a lot of blame on your son. >> yes, they did. >> reporter: in what is now official army history, the army largely blamed platoon leader lieutenant jonathan brostrom for the deaths. the report says he picked a poor location for the observation post and failed to use afghan security forces as lookouts. >> it's a lot easier to blame a dead second lieutenant than it is the chain of c...

>> oh, my god. she's on the phone. >> hi, sis! >> oh, my god! are you okay? >> hi. >> are you okay? >> yeah. i'm totally okay. i'm absolutely -- i've been fine the whole time. >> okay. >> reporter: cannon-purdy from san jose, california. what a wonderful story. she was there by the way with two other american teachers. you can just imagine, with communications cut off, what this has been like for so many millions of people around this country. and those who have relatives elsewhere. i do want to mention to you that in just the past few minutes we saw maybe some of those rolling blackouts going...

Chris. he shows around their fort fiction. >> we have our observation post where we have eyes with the sniper spotter down at the bottom of the valley. we have a trench set up on my left. >> reporter: as chris walks us through the position, it becomes clear how very real this training is. many of these marines will head to afghanistan in the coming weeks. using what they have learned here to fight the taliban with the ultimate skill taught by men like gunnery sergeant. >> how far does he have to shoot and kill? >> 1,000 yards. >> reporter: which is? >> 10 football fields roughly. >> reporter: ...

To stay hidden and shoot at steep angles. >> the objective about 500 meters down the slope. >> reporter: one of the snipers will only tell us his name is chris. he shows us around their fort if i indication. >> off to my right we have our observation post where we have eyes on the sniper and spotter. we have a trench set up on my left. >> reporter: as chris walks us through the position, it becomes clear how very real this training is. many of these marines will head to afghanistan in the coming weeks using what they have learned here to fight the taliban with the ultimate skill taught by memb...