WEBVTT 00:10.040 --> 00:14.000 my name is Jamaar T Bolasie . I 00:14.000 --> 00:16.170 am a mass communications specialist , 00:16.170 --> 00:18.680 Seaman M . C . S . N . And I am 00:18.680 --> 00:21.350 assigned to Fleet combat camera group 00:21.350 --> 00:24.750 pacific based in san Diego California . 00:25.220 --> 00:27.400 Yeah , I used to train in martial arts 00:27.400 --> 00:29.550 but , but this was unique because we 00:29.550 --> 00:32.550 did weapons retention and 00:34.640 --> 00:36.751 you know , that means , you know , we 00:36.751 --> 00:39.410 go out on missions with our rifles and 00:39.420 --> 00:41.750 pistols . But what happens if someone 00:41.750 --> 00:44.860 tries to take those weapons away ? You 00:44.860 --> 00:47.027 know , this is , these are very simple 00:47.027 --> 00:49.470 techniques that you can use to , you 00:49.470 --> 00:52.390 know , pretty much regain positive 00:52.390 --> 00:54.446 control of your weapon and then come 00:54.446 --> 00:56.501 back on target so that you can , you 00:56.501 --> 00:58.750 can address the threat . I've never 00:58.750 --> 01:01.440 done something with With that type of 01:01.450 --> 01:03.690 training . Very educational . I've 01:03.690 --> 01:05.530 heard about , you know , Israeli 01:05.530 --> 01:07.930 bandages or emergency bandages and 01:07.930 --> 01:10.041 tourniquets . But I've never actually 01:10.041 --> 01:11.874 had a course where they would go 01:11.874 --> 01:14.890 through it with you and you know , try 01:14.890 --> 01:17.057 and add an element of stress . So they 01:17.057 --> 01:19.530 would try and get us to apply the 01:19.530 --> 01:21.586 tourniquet or the Israeli bandage in 01:21.586 --> 01:23.641 under 30 seconds and you know , some 01:23.641 --> 01:25.863 people couldn't do it . And it was , it 01:25.863 --> 01:28.880 was a good eye opener to what possibly 01:28.880 --> 01:32.160 could happen down range . Okay . And 01:32.170 --> 01:36.000 it was very uncomfortable but from 01:36.000 --> 01:39.290 what he was telling us and around 30 , 01:39.790 --> 01:41.620 plus cases of the tourniquet 01:41.620 --> 01:44.150 applications , not one has been 01:44.740 --> 01:48.490 reported to cause uh unnecessary 01:48.500 --> 01:51.210 injury or damage to the to the victim . 01:51.220 --> 01:54.190 So confidence in our in my gear 01:54.200 --> 01:56.422 definitely and my skill definitely went 01:56.422 --> 01:58.450 up in that class . Uh , this is my 01:58.450 --> 02:01.280 first time here , a quick shot uh 02:01.290 --> 02:04.440 before that I've done , you know field 02:04.440 --> 02:06.551 exercises with other units , but this 02:06.551 --> 02:08.662 is the first time that I've I've come 02:08.662 --> 02:11.710 out with a unit and they actually want 02:11.710 --> 02:14.070 you to get hands on experience with all 02:14.070 --> 02:16.292 the skills that they expect you to know 02:16.292 --> 02:19.380 how to do . So we go out in the day and 02:19.380 --> 02:21.269 we learn all these basic commando 02:21.269 --> 02:24.980 skills shooting C . Q . B . C . QB 02:24.980 --> 02:28.800 with nods hand to hand combat basic CLS 02:28.810 --> 02:30.921 and then at night we come back and we 02:30.921 --> 02:33.610 have to do our job . So that is pretty 02:33.610 --> 02:35.680 interesting . The whole dynamic of 02:35.690 --> 02:37.990 quick shot . Uh Yes it's an everyday 02:37.990 --> 02:41.450 thing over the two weeks of quick shot 02:41.450 --> 02:43.283 we're probably , each student is 02:43.283 --> 02:47.110 probably gonna put like maybe Around 02:47.110 --> 02:49.221 3000 rounds downrange . And so that's 02:49.221 --> 02:52.960 like that's about Pistol and 02:52.960 --> 02:55.450 handguns . So combined 3,000 3000 02:55.450 --> 02:57.617 rounds each student and that's a lot , 02:57.617 --> 03:00.660 that's a lot of shooting . So me 03:00.660 --> 03:02.840 personally I went from never having 03:02.840 --> 03:04.896 handled an M . Four to being able to 03:04.896 --> 03:07.970 hit center mass shots at 100 m in low 03:07.970 --> 03:10.026 light conditions with with with iron 03:10.026 --> 03:12.510 sights . Uh I've done , you know , a 03:12.510 --> 03:15.160 couple field training exercises before 03:16.770 --> 03:19.190 and it's like a different dynamic 03:19.200 --> 03:21.089 because the training here is more 03:21.089 --> 03:24.120 intense in another field exercises that 03:24.120 --> 03:27.570 I've done , you don't you don't get as 03:27.570 --> 03:29.570 much trigger time and if you do get 03:29.570 --> 03:31.514 trigger time it's on a on a static 03:31.514 --> 03:34.990 range and here we're running dynamic 03:35.000 --> 03:37.630 range . Doing doing C . Q . B . Or C . 03:37.630 --> 03:40.350 You see um you know stationary turns 03:40.350 --> 03:43.210 things like that . So it's a different 03:43.210 --> 03:46.670 experience because you come back and if 03:46.670 --> 03:48.559 you don't manage your time wisely 03:48.559 --> 03:50.614 you're not you're not going to get a 03:50.614 --> 03:52.837 shower . So I think the conditions here 03:52.837 --> 03:54.837 mimic what what's going to happen . 03:54.837 --> 03:57.059 Downrange pretty pretty accurately . Uh 03:57.059 --> 03:59.170 It's interesting to see how the other 03:59.170 --> 04:02.730 forces . Yes I think about it I 04:02.730 --> 04:06.690 guess operate you know we don't all 04:06.690 --> 04:10.630 have the same S . O . Ps . But 04:10.640 --> 04:13.250 it's really cool because we get to you 04:13.250 --> 04:15.306 know make a bunch of new friends and 04:15.306 --> 04:17.417 I've never worked with other branches 04:17.417 --> 04:19.830 before personally . I'm pretty new in 04:19.840 --> 04:23.210 the navy and it's a good experience for 04:23.210 --> 04:26.380 me to be able to work with my 04:26.380 --> 04:28.324 counterparts in the other branches 04:28.324 --> 04:30.436 because later on down range I'm going 04:30.436 --> 04:32.740 to be sent out with army units or 04:32.740 --> 04:34.962 marine units and I'm gonna have to work 04:34.962 --> 04:37.184 with them . So Familiarization with how 04:37.184 --> 04:39.110 they operate is a good thing for me .