It is a learning experience and a teaching tool. Tested is the practitioners repertoire of tactical skills, equipment selection, method of carry, shooting skills, environmental awareness, situational analysis, and confrontational analysis skills. The N.T.I. creates complex environmental problems that allows the serious student of tactics to test himself. Tactical practitioners must seek training from the various sources of that service.
Government agencies provide various levels of tactical training.
The N.T.I. is a forum for the exchange of tactical studies. Each evening, discussions on the latest equipment, legal ramifications of use of force and other relevant topics are discussed at the hospitality suite. Guns and equipment are raffled for entertainment. On Saturday evening an awards banquet assembles all of the practitioners to honor the Shotist, the Tactical Advocate and inductees to the Hall of Honor Test yourself - confirm what you know and what you need to practice to save your life. Shooters' Online Services, Inc.