The correct way to hold a pistol

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Richard Strous, a member of the Panjshir Embedded Tactical Training Team and a medic assigned to the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, teaches the correct way to hold a pistol during an advanced police tactics class for Afghan police officers in the Panjshir province of Afghanistan May 12, 2010. (DoD photo by Sgt. John Young, U.S. Army/Released)