@tradewinds - I used to train such officers in my previous life and doubt that they have any training, I've seen outrageously bad gun handling in the BVI before which would have resulted in officer suspension in other jurisdictions. There certainly isn't a training facility in the BVI. But I'm also not sure that they had full-automatic rifles, they might have been armed with semi-automatics as both types are identical except for the sear mechanism. Nonetheless it does seem overly heavy-handed as they already had overwhelming numbers and didn't need additional overwhelming firepower - unless they expected to encounter more than sleepy and hungover sailors.