While I would never take anything away from anyone who "Serves"?..as a former US Marine I must say this....and maybe it was because I expected so much from the title of thios post but...that weapons retention training is bunk and completely unrealistic....therefore?...to me?....relatively un-impressive...for the following reasons...
1. If you got yourself in a situation where you're struggling to retain your own damn weapon from an aggressor?..you already screwed up big time.
2. Not even a minimally trained aggressor is going to "Play Wrestle On The Ground" (with no lethal blows or strikes)with you in an effort to relieve you of your weapon...they will be kicking the dog shid outta ya....dropping elbows on the back of your neck and spine..kneeing your ribcage into a bag-o-bones until your upper body sounds like a bag of fritos corn chips and delivering lethal blows and strikes to your head...and somewhere's along the line you WILL let go...conscious or not..but what they won't be doing is what we witnessed here.
and was it me or did some of those folks standing on the side-lines have some rather large guts (for "special forces" types) ?
Sorry to be so cynical but I saw far harsher yet impressive shid than that in basic training at parris island...circa '77
L8R, Bill.