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Posted: 10/4/2022 12:23:02 PM EDT
TNVC recently completed another Nightfighter 201 class in Alliance, OH from Sep 30 to Oct 2. This class was part of a full training package in Alliance, with a Try Before You Buy on Thursday night and our Nightfighter 101 class on Saturday night.
 This was a sold out Nightfighter 201 class. The class was made up primarily of civilians—nearly all of them recent NF101 graduates and a lot of familiar faces. This is great to see and certainly excites us personally and professionally to see average earth people out there investing their time and resources into training. Alliance is our “home” range. We have been coming to this range since we started training, and it really is a fun and comfortable place to train. Joe Weyer does an amazing job hosting our training, and it truly is the Disneyworld of gun training. So much to do there; there is a class for any skillset you are looking for. We saw a little moisture on training night two—leftovers from Ian, but since we were inside for the bulk of the class, the weather was not too much of an issue. Illumination was great, and the temps made the outside work comfortable. We saw a wide spread of night vision devices and student experience in class. We did not experience any night vision gear related issues in the class. We did have an interesting UTM failure on night two—the UTM bolt was locked into the upper receiver by the forward assist. That was a new one to us, and the student replaced his upper with another he had brought with him. The NF201 course builds on the skills learned in NF101 and takes it up in both tempo and difficulty; we step on the gas pedal from the very beginning. It is really a problem-solving course—applying the technologies and skills learned in previous classes to help you solve problems in a variety of environments. We want this class to be a logical progression of NF101, and I think that most students felt that way with their progression. More freedom is given in “how” to solve the problem, after the students determine the who, what, where when and why about the problems they face. Just be able to explain your decision—and it worked well for the students. Alliance will be a staple venue for as long as we teach courses. We will be back there several times next year and our 2023 schedule will go live later this month. Additionally, several companies 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 Thyrm Otte Gear Phokus Research Group Blue Force Gear Cloud Defensive Nods-Pods Defense Mechanisms Geissele Automatics |
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Posted: 10/4/2022 11:01:32 PM EDT
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This class was nothing short of spectacular! Honestly at this point in my NV journey the best I've attended . Definitely not my first rodeo in the dark and I'm saying this after attending numerous NV specific classes taught by the leading subject matter experts. It's so much more than shooting the same old "next level" drills in the middle of some field. Don't get me wrong, there is definitely a needed place for that in all our NV tool boxes.
What makes this class different or special is the fact that the material and problems are presented in a manner that allow you to make decisions versus being told what to do. Your given the ability to use and leverage all the technology you have on board to achieve a winning result. You will realize the correct answers or necessary actions needed by how the scenarios and environments are presented. Your short comings in gear and/or operational thoughts will be exposed and I guarantee you will be adjusting something even if it's a tweak. As far as the host range in Alliance OH, there really is no place better for this type of training. I know of no other venue that lets you train in and experience real world environments that's friendly to civilian instruction. Yup Disneyworld of gun training. When was the last time you where in the school or Mall under NODs? I know of fourteen dudes that found out when there is no movie playing at the theater, it's DARK! Add this one to your training bucket list after attending Nightfighter 101. Definitely worth the price of admission! |
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Posted: 10/5/2022 2:07:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By crossgun: This class was nothing short of spectacular! Honestly at this point in my NV journey the best I've attended . Definitely not my first rodeo in the dark and I'm saying this after attending numerous NV specific classes taught by the leading subject matter experts. It's so much more than shooting the same old "next level" drills in the middle of some field. Don't get me wrong, there is definitely a needed place for that in all our NV tool boxes. What makes this class different or special is the fact that the material and problems are presented in a manner that allow you to make decisions versus being told what to do. Your given the ability to use and leverage all the technology you have on board to achieve a winning result. You will realize the correct answers or necessary actions needed by how the scenarios and environments are presented. Your short comings in gear and/or operational thoughts will be exposed and I guarantee you will be adjusting something even if it's a tweak. As far as the host range in Alliance OH, there really is no place better for this type of training. I know of no other venue that lets you train in and experience real world environments that's friendly to civilian instruction. Yup Disneyworld of gun training. When was the last time you where in the school or Mall under NODs? I know of fourteen dudes that found out when there is no movie playing at the theater, it's DARK! Add this one to your training bucket list after attending Nightfighter 101. Definitely worth the price of admission! Great having you in the class, and comments from an experienced student like yourself are invaluable. We are glad that you got something out of it; when we start the class we see a pretty wide band of student performance. It is fun to watch the band narrow, and rise, collectively and you certainly helped keep it going on the upper end of the band. Thank you for coming to the class! |
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Posted: 10/9/2022 5:10:25 PM EDT
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This was my second time training with TNVC, having completed NF 101 in Alliance, Ohio back in April. The previous posts did a great job of hitting the high points in review of the class, so I wont belabor the point of how great the Points of Instruction are.
My two big takeaways are regarding the photonic barrier and how colors can play tricks on you. The photonic barrier is a real thing. Defeating it requires a little bit of thinking on your part – but once you figure it out, problem solving gets easier. Colors can get tricky under white phos. Red was basically impossible to discern. Introducing a little bit of white light to solve problems and positively identify targets was a big light-bulb moment for me. I was the guilty party Bill mentioned – having a UTM bolt/forward assist failure right off the rip on Night 2. The offending upper is a Hodge 12.5”. The Hodge ran like a champ the night before, burning through approx. 360 rounds without a hiccup. But that was night one and this was night two. In simple terms, my bolt was catching on my forward assist and would not actually catch a round to chamber when I would pull the charging handle to the rear. My takeaway from the UTM bolt incident is two-fold: 1. Take the “Load and make ready” seriously. Actually feel for the round in the magazine. Insert the magazine. Push pull. Drop the mag. Feel for the round to have shifted from one side to the other – indicating that you have successfully chambered a round. Had I taken that serious when I made ready, I would have noted something was not functioning properly. 2. Bring a backup gun. Understand that stuff malfunctions sometimes. Two is one and one is none. Overall, I cannot say enough good things about this course, the facility, or the instructors. Bill, Mike, Chip, and Joe are excellent at what they do, and I am already looking forward to seeing them again in 2023. |
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Posted: 10/18/2022 12:19:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacoJosh: This was my second time training with TNVC, having completed NF 101 in Alliance, Ohio back in April. The previous posts did a great job of hitting the high points in review of the class, so I wont belabor the point of how great the Points of Instruction are. My two big takeaways are regarding the photonic barrier and how colors can play tricks on you. The photonic barrier is a real thing. Defeating it requires a little bit of thinking on your part – but once you figure it out, problem solving gets easier. Colors can get tricky under white phos. Red was basically impossible to discern. Introducing a little bit of white light to solve problems and positively identify targets was a big light-bulb moment for me. I was the guilty party Bill mentioned – having a UTM bolt/forward assist failure right off the rip on Night 2. The offending upper is a Hodge 12.5”. The Hodge ran like a champ the night before, burning through approx. 360 rounds without a hiccup. But that was night one and this was night two. In simple terms, my bolt was catching on my forward assist and would not actually catch a round to chamber when I would pull the charging handle to the rear. My takeaway from the UTM bolt incident is two-fold: 1. Take the “Load and make ready” seriously. Actually feel for the round in the magazine. Insert the magazine. Push pull. Drop the mag. Feel for the round to have shifted from one side to the other – indicating that you have successfully chambered a round. Had I taken that serious when I made ready, I would have noted something was not functioning properly. 2. Bring a backup gun. Understand that stuff malfunctions sometimes. Two is one and one is none. Overall, I cannot say enough good things about this course, the facility, or the instructors. Bill, Mike, Chip, and Joe are excellent at what they do, and I am already looking forward to seeing them again in 2023. It as great to have you in class again! That was such a weird malfunction with that upper; we are glad that you had another upper ready to go. See you in another course! |
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