TNVC just completed our Night Fighter 101 class of the year at our “home” range in Alliance, Ohio on September 23-24. A Night Fighter 201 was being taught in Alliance as well. Due to the unique ability to train 201 students “in town” after night 1 allows us to run both classes on the same weekend without conflict.
Alliance is a staple in our training locations and many of the TNVC Training cadre know each other because they met as students in other classes in Alliance. The class close to full and was only short because of a few last-minute cancellations. The class was compromised of mostly of “(above) average earth people”, with a few law enforcement, military, and industry students present.
We experienced almost perfect weather. Highs in the mid 70s and lows in the low 60s make for comfortable days on the range. We had some intermittent mist throughout most of day 2, but it was never heavy enough to be called rain and had no effect on students or equipment.
Speaking of equipment…the class had a healthy mix of night vision goggles, lasers, and lights. No one walked away from class feeling that they were under equipped. Having a wide variety of lights and lasers also allows us to demonstrate the differences between them to the class. Almost the entire class had RDS equipped pistols.
We did experience a few problematic rifles. We cannot stress enough the importance of bringing a well lubricated, reliable, and proven rifle to class. Making changes to a rifle (springs, buffers, etc.) and not testing those changes before arriving at class may result in time lost while you try to get the gun operating again.
Night Fighter 101 is the first step into becoming someone who is “confident, competent, and capable” in the use of night vision technology and leads directly into our Night Fighter 201, where we continue to expand on the principles learned in Night Fighter 101.
We are proud to be associated with the Alliance Police training facility, and we cannot say enough good things about the work Joe Weyer does to help us have great classes. If you have the chance to train there, you should really take advantage of it. Great location, amazing training opportunities and some super trainers train there.
Additionally, several companies generously stepped up to offer students swag and such for their attendance. We really appreciate their generosity and are proud to have them associated with our classes.
Ops-Core
Unity Tactical
Defense Mechanisms
Thyrm
Otte Gear
Phokus Research Group
Blue Force Gear
Cloud Defensive
Nods-Pods
Act in Black