What an absolutely senseless death. One of my best friends was a Marine. One of my wife's "Godparents" was a Marine officer. I can't imagine either of them would acquiesce to such a thing. This reminds me of the stupidity of the (fictional?) "Code Red" from the movie "A Few Good Men".
That just blows my mind. I tell you if anyone would have pointed their gun at me while I was over there and asked me that question, I would have planted my fists in their face and my boots where the sun dont shine. Thats just ridiculous, stupid and careless. I trusted the men next to me because they did NOT do stupid stuff like that.