00:00Talk me through the exercise, Gunny.
00:03My marines were launching an amphibious assault.
00:05The Australians were dug in on the beach.
00:07Why the live fire?
00:08It wasn't, ma'am.
00:10Rounds were blanks.
00:12Ordnance was inert.
00:14Except for the grenade that killed Garcia.
00:17Yeah, I did a live grenade and make it onto the battlefield.
00:20But clearly somewhere along the line it must have got mixed up with the training one.
00:23It's one hell of a mix-up.
00:25Combat training exercises are designed to replicate the real thing.
00:29Accidents are a tragic reality.
00:32Like this.
00:34You were in the field during the exercise?
00:36As a white cell man, an observer.
00:39I didn't see the explosion, only heard it.
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