TNVC recently completed a Nightfighter 101 class hosted by the Cascade County Sheriff’s Office and Great Falls Police Department in Great Falls, MT from 17-18 September 2022.  This was a sold-out class, and we enjoyed having that many students.  The class was evenly mixed between civilians and law enforcement officers.



We love coming to this part of the country, especially at this time of the year.  As always, both departments were excellent hosts. The assistance of our hosts enabled us to conduct Nightfighter 101 and 201 classes simultaneously. We couldn’t have done it without them.

The weather was AMAZING.  Highs in the 70s, and lows in the 50s.  It does not get better than this.  On night 2 we stalled training for about an hour as a result of a system coming through with high winds, rain, and lightning. The students stuck it out and we accomplished all our training objectives.



We saw a wide spread of night vision devices in this class.  Everything from green PVS14s to white phosphor binoculars.  No student complained of being under-equipped, we were able to complete all the drills with little difficulty.  Each student had capable equipment that fit their requirements and applied it to the training.



There were surprisingly few difficulties with guns and gear in this class. The ratio of suppressed to unsuppressed weapons in this class was nearly 50/50. We even had a student who used a suppressed handgun during the course.  



Accuracy exceeded expectations for this class.  Students shot very well, and it only got better as the class progressed.  Switched on students paying attention to their offsets and making good hits make all the difference in accuracy.



This was the kickoff Nightfighter 101 class for the fall 2022 season. The full classes are nice to see and a blast to teach.  We are working on the 2023 calendar and will announce that schedule next month—stay tuned!



We cannot say enough about the hosts--they put on a great effort to make the class successful, and we are grateful for their hard work.  We enjoy a special relationship with CCSO and GFPD; what they offer to the area for training is incredible.

As always, several companies stepped up to offer students swag and such for their attendance.  We appreciate their generosity and are proud to have them associated with our classes.

Defensive Mechanisms
Cloud Defensive
Blue Force Gear
Ops-Core
Gentex
ALG
Unity Tactical
Geissele Automatics
NOD-Pods

Sorry for the late reply--been a little busy here.  We are glad to hear that you had a good time and picked up a thing or two--get out there and use those goggles that give you a superpower!

It was great to have you in the class, and you are dead on about the PVS14--it is a great and capable optic, and is still relevant today.

We enjoy the variety of environments we are able to utilize in NF101.  Hopefully it shows the capabilities of the systems out there and how to make the most of them.

You are right about practice--the more comfortable you get with the gear and doing things in the dark, the more fun there is to be had.  And not everything has to be about firearms either--we have previous students that mow their lawn, wash the dishes, etc while wearing NVGs.  Kinda cool.

Thank you again for coming to the class and we look forward to seeing you in another one!