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Believe it or not, there is a paradigm change happening slowly amongst some in the LEO community, more and more agencys are adopting this tech, learning to use its benefits and implement TTP's that allow the use of NV in new roles. CQB being one of them. While I advocate a white light on nearly every gun these days it does not mean you always have to or must go white light everytime.
You'll find lots of SOF types advocating the use of NODs as well. It takes time and training but is incredibly effective when the element of surprise is still had, DEVGRU got the most wanted man on the globe with I2 technology in a CQB scenario and several highly trained Federal Agencys have the same capability. it will all filter down to lower levels but it will take time for it to be embraced. Never say never because when we stop adapting we stop being effective.
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I don't think that anyone is advocating that anyone stop adapting, or stop trying to utilize I2 technology to the best of its capabilities. However, you're talking about ultra-specialized units conducting specialized missions under specialized conditions with specialized equipment. Not even those guys go riding around in Stealthhawks every day or for every mission.
The OP was asking about getting a small (in relative terms, of course) grant for less than 20 PVS-14s--chances are, grabbing panos off the shelf to do a secret raid against a high value target really isn't in the cards, and chances are, their level of training and support is not going to get them there, either--and most importantly, while we'd all love to have access to that kind of equipment and training, if not, perhaps, the level of danger and risk involved in the actual operations, chances are their "mission set" does not call for it. I'm making inferences here based on the OP's post and user info--but I don't think the possible combination of active shooters, bank robbers, meth labs, and high risk warrants in Missouri are quite on the same level as killing Osama bin Laden on the soil of another sovereign nation.
As has been discussed in several of these threads, while specialized situations call for specialized adaptations--because of the well known limitations of common I2 technologies, under many, I daresay--most, circumstances, using I2 for infil and maneuver, but transitioning to white light when things "go dynamic" is much more effective--use the I2 to achieve the element of surprise, but once you have the initiative--"speed and violence of action" is what will carry the day and make things safer for everyone involved. One of the places this has been discussed is in the "SOCOM NODs" thread that's been going on--the use of NV in CQB is not a "new" role, though obviously TTPs continue to evolve.
It has nothing to do with an unwillingness to embrace the technology and its capabilities or a failure to adapt, different people and organizations possess different levels of capabilities, mission, and equipment--there's no point in bagging on a local SWAT team that has to beg for money for a couple PVS-14s, or even a conventional infantry unit, or even a regular "line" ODA for not being DEVGRU or HRT and not playing at that level.
I would be the last person in the world to downplay the tremendous asset the I2 and other VAS technologies can be, especially for personnel involved in high-risk, armed professions, but there needs to be a sense of proportionality as well. While you're not wrong that white light doesn't have to be used every single time for every scenario--that's where the training piece takes over, knowing when NV continues to be an advantage,
and being able to recognize when it is not.
~Augee