One is those little Motorola FMRS jobs. They work pretty well. I know they're not 'secure' by any means but they're better than nothing.
Our second option is Marine band portables. I know, I know FCC regs and all that. But I figure if we use the International freqs and keep transmissions short and low power we should be ok for a while.
Since we're landlocked the possibility of the CG or FCC getting all bent out of shape are pretty low. Not zero, but pretty low.
For NVG's I picked up a couple of the Bushnell units. They aren't military grade but they weren't 2 grand a copy.
All of the above are filed under "Better Than Nothing" in my mind.
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Thats a good idea to have. I shelled out for a Gen III Pinnacle NEPVS-14, but if that breaks I am S-O-L. I really should lay back a couple lower cost units.