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the afghan people and who wrote to his family, afghanistan is exactly where i wanted to be, corporal jason bogar. the father who loved surfing with his son, the platoon leader who led a dash through the gunfire to that post to reinforce his men, first lieutenant jonathan brostrom. an immigrant from mexico who became a proud american soldier on his third tour whose final thoughts were of his family and his beloved wife leslie, sergeant israel garcia. a young man of deep faith who served god and country who could always get a laugh with his impersonation of his commander, corporal jason hovader. the husband who couldn t wait to become an uncle, the adventurous spirit who in every photo from afghanistan has a big smile on his face, corporal matthew phillips. the big guy with an even bigger heart, a prankster whose best play was cleaning up at the
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 general that is looking at this? congressional committees? what can people do? reporter: certainly dave brostrom has asked for help with the combat studies institute but