I've never shot the close combat course so I'm just going off what I'm seeing in this short video but if what I'm seeing is true then the Marine Corps needs to get a handle on its shooting quick! Like real quick!
Check out the video carefully. Did you see it? At the 00:21 second mark you can see the Marine scanning around him. Cool you say? I say bullshit! Civilians are taught to shoot the "target" and then scan. Cops are taught that. Marines should scan with weapon and not just eyeballs. And this looking over the shoulder crap is straight out of the 100's of schools that are popping up all over America. Its BS. You scan with your weapon so that you can engage a threat if found. I can guarantee you're going to lose time. Once you get past the startle reflex and then recover enough to use your weapon then you're probably halfway to your wife getting a check from Uncle Sam and your kids not getting to know daddy.
We're seeing image over substance creep into the Marine Corps---just like a $50 dollar Vickers Sling----its just not the Marine Corps that the public knows and loves. I blame that on "trendy" leadership. Whatever the case its time to knock it off.