This is the profile you share with prospective partners. Fill in what you would disclose — general location only, no grid coordinates. Capabilities lists should reflect what you can reliably provide, not aspirational goals. This data feeds the MAG Charter signature block and Capability Matrix.
Each partner group gets one entry. Use callsigns or designations only — never full names in this record. Trust tiers: Tier 1 = full mutual aid commitment · Tier 2 = limited cooperation · Tier 3 = information sharing only.
Most informal MAGs fail not from attack, but from poor vetting — bringing in someone who turns informant, has addiction issues, or simply doesn't share values. Define your standards now, in writing, before the crisis. This module produces a section of the MAG Charter covering the onboarding process.
Rate each group across all capability categories. NONE = no capability · BASIC = limited/untrained · CAPABLE = trained, functional · EXPERT = highly trained, can teach others. This grid becomes a laminated reference card.
| GROUP | MEDICAL TRAUMA |
SECURITY TACTICAL |
COMMS SIGNALS |
MECH ENGINEER |
AG / FOOD PRODUCTION |
HEAVY EQUIP |
TRANSPORT | SPECIAL SKILLS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YOUR GROUP | ||||||||
| PARTNER GROUP 1 | ||||||||
| PARTNER GROUP 2 |
Complete all ten clauses. Output is a formal printed instrument suitable for signing — Courier New, numbered paragraphs, classification-style headers. Write plain language your group leaders can read and understand without a lawyer.
This is a separate SOI from each group's internal COMMS MATRIX — used only for inter-group communication. Output is a compact laminated card each MAG member carries. Keep these frequencies distinct from your internal primary frequencies for OPSEC.
| CODE | MEANING |
|---|---|
Use bearing and distance from a named reference point — never raw GPS coordinates in this document. Reference points should be unambiguous landmarks that your group and partner group both know. Recognition signals prevent fratricide.
The MAG relationship is itself a sensitive intelligence item. Who knows you have partners, what they know about those partners, and how you respond to compromise determines whether your relationships survive a bad situation. Define this now.
Complete all 8 modules before generating documents. Output documents are formatted for printing and laminating. The MAG Charter is suitable for signing by group leaders. Empty fields print as "(not specified)" so you can see what still needs filling in.
Generates all four documents in one print job — cover sheet, table of contents, and each section starting on its own page. This is the one to use for a three-ring binder: print double-sided, three-hole punch, and hand a copy to every partner leader.
Complete formal agreement. Cover page, preamble, all 8 modules compiled, signature block for each group's leadership. Courier New, classification-style headers, numbered paragraphs. Suitable for signing.
Single-page printable grid of all partner groups vs all capability categories. Compact layout designed for lamination. Quick reference — who to call for which need.
Compact laminate card with shared frequencies, authentication codes, brevity codes, net schedule, and missed contact procedures. One card per MAG member.
One page per inter-group rally point. Bearing/distance from reference, recognition signals, approach notes, trigger conditions, and waiting limits.
This manual assumes you have never opened ALLIED FORCE before and explains everything from zero. A MAG is simply a written handshake between your group and the groups around you: who you trust, how far, what you will do for each other, and how you will talk. Work through the eight modules in order the first time. After that, use the table of contents to jump to what you need.
No single group can do everything. You may have a strong medic but no welder. Your neighbors down the road may have fuel and a backhoe but no one trained in trauma. ALLIED FORCE is the tool for writing down, in advance, how independent groups agree to help each other when times get hard. The finished product is a Mutual Assistance Group Charter that group leaders can read, agree to, and sign.
The program does six jobs for you:
Everything in ALLIED FORCE hangs off three trust tiers. You decide which tier a group belongs in. A higher tier means more trust, more shared information, and more obligation. You can move a group up over time as they earn it, or down if they lose it.
Open ALLIED FORCE and you see three areas. The diagram labels each one. You use these same three areas the entire time.
You do not have to finish everything in one sitting. But here is the fastest path to a useful, printable agreement.
This is your group as it will appear to your partners. The goal is to be informative without being operationally compromising. Give a partner enough to know what you bring to the table — not enough to target you.
One card per allied group. Press + ADD PARTNER GROUP to create a card, then fill it in. Each card holds the group's designation, location, size, leader, how you met them, their capabilities and limitations, and — most importantly — their trust tier.
Pick Tier 1, 2, or 3 from the dropdown on each card (see Section 2 for what they mean). The tier you set here flows through the whole program: it decides who appears in the Charter signature block, who gets full SOI information, and what OPSEC access they receive.
This is the most important module in the program. Vetting is how you decide whether a group is safe to bring inside. ALLIED FORCE breaks it into a funnel: a group moves from first contact, through structured checks, into a probation period, and only then to full trust.
One grid, every group, every skill. The rows are groups (yours is on top). The columns are capability categories: medical, security, comms, mechanical, agriculture/food, heavy equipment, transport, and special skills. For each cell you pick a level.
| NONE | No meaningful capability in this area. |
| BASIC | Some ability — can cover the basics in a pinch. |
| CAPABLE | Solid, reliable capability you can plan around. |
| EXPERT | A genuine strength — the group others should call. |
Use + ADD GROUP ROW to add a partner row. The "special skills" notes field at the bottom is for anything that does not fit a column — a pilot, a ham radio Elmer, a HAM-licensed nurse, a beekeeper.
This is the heart of the Charter — the actual terms each group agrees to. ALLIED FORCE gives you a numbered set of clauses with suggested wording. Read each one, then edit it to fit your situation. The clauses are:
If groups cannot talk, the alliance does not exist. Module 06 builds the inter-group SOI on a PACE structure: a primary frequency, an alternate, and an emergency, each with its mode and use.
Below the frequencies you set up authentication (a challenge-and-response so you know who you are really talking to), brevity codes (short words that carry a whole meaning — the program ships with a few examples you can edit), and the net schedule with a missed-contact procedure.
A rally point is a pre-agreed place where groups link up or stage support. Press + ADD RALLY POINT for each one. For every point you record a reference, a bearing and distance from that reference, a description, an approach route, recognition signals (day, night, audio, challenge/response), trigger conditions for moving there, and a waiting limit.
OPSEC means operational security: deciding what stays secret and from whom. This module ties the trust tiers to actual information access. You write, for each tier, exactly what that tier of partner is allowed to know.
Go to Generate Docs in the sidebar. Each button opens a clean, black-and-white, print-ready document in a new window. Press ⎙ PRINT / SAVE PDF in that window and choose your printer, or choose "Save as PDF" as the destination.
Use the big 📚 PRINT COMPLETE BINDER button at the top of the page to generate all four documents in a single print job, with a cover sheet and table of contents, each section starting on its own page. This is the one to use when you want a complete three-ring binder for each partner group. Print it double-sided, three-hole-punch it, and hand a copy to every leader.
Everything you enter is saved automatically inside this program on this device. You do not need an account and nothing is sent over the internet. But "on this device" means you should keep a backup.
ALLIED FORCE and this manual use short military and preparedness abbreviations. You never have to memorize them. Any acronym with a faint dotted underline will show its plain-English meaning when you rest your mouse on it. Try it now: hover MAG, AO, or PACE. The full list is in the glossary below if you would rather read it on paper.
| MAG | Mutual Assistance Group — independent groups that agree in advance to help each other. |
| AO | Area of Operations — the general area your group covers and is responsible for. |
| SOI | Signal Operating Instructions — the sheet of frequencies, call signs, and authentication for secure communication. |
| PACE | Primary, Alternate, Contingency, Emergency — a four-step communications fallback plan. |
| OPSEC | Operational Security — protecting information about your plans, people, and capabilities. |
| XO | Executive Officer — the group's second-in-command. |
| LIAISON | The single named point of contact between your group and a partner group. |
| TRUST TIER | The level of trust (1, 2, or 3) you assign a partner, which controls their access and obligations. |
| VETTING | The structured process of checking a group before extending trust. |
| PROBATION | A trial period during which a new partner holds limited trust before being fully accepted. |
| BREVITY CODE | A short word or phrase that stands for a longer message, used to keep radio traffic fast and discreet. |
| AUTHENTICATION | A challenge-and-response exchange that confirms you are talking to who you think you are. |
| RALLY POINT | A pre-agreed location where groups link up or stage support. |
| CHARTER | The full, signed Mutual Assistance Group agreement this program produces. |
No. Fill in your own group (Module 01) and your capabilities today. Add partner groups as you meet and vet them.
No. It is a good-faith planning agreement between groups. For anything legally binding, have an attorney review it.
Put them at Tier 3 (information sharing) or Tier 2 (limited cooperation). You never have to give a group more access than you are comfortable with, and you can move them up later.
Only what you choose to print and hand them. Nothing in ALLIED FORCE is shared automatically or sent online. You control every page that leaves your hands.
Review it whenever a group's situation changes, when you add or remove a partner, and on the review schedule you set in Module 05. Re-print and re-distribute when terms change.
Export your data to a JSON file on the old device, then import it on the new one. Everything comes across exactly as it was.
ALLIED FORCE ships with a demo sandbox — a separate copy pre-loaded with a complete worked alliance: the Ridgeline Mutual Aid Group's own profile, three partner groups at all three trust tiers (an anchor Tier 1 farm co-op, a Tier 2 group still under evaluation, and a Tier 3 information-sharing network), vetting logs in three different states of completion, a filled capability matrix across all four groups, and a fully drafted ten-clause MAG Charter with vetting standards and exit protocol.
Opening and leaving. In the live module, click DEMO in the sidebar under this manual. Inside the demo, that same slot reads RETURN TO LIVE and takes you back. An amber banner across the top of the demo tells you which copy you are in at all times.
Your real data is safe. The demo keeps its data in a completely separate storage slot. Nothing you do in the demo can touch your real alliance records.
How to use it. Read the three partners against Section 6 — the tier assignments and vetting states show exactly how trust is earned in stages. Compare Stone Creek's completed Phase 1–2 vetting against Valley Grange's early contact log. Then open Generate Docs and print the Charter — the demo's ten clauses double as suggested starting wording for your own.
Resetting. The ↻ RESET DEMO button (top bar and amber banner) discards any changes and restores the sample alliance.
WATCHMAN : ALLIED FORCE · MODULE 22 · © 2026 WATCHMAN Suite, LLC
This manual assumes you have never opened ALLIED FORCE before and explains everything from zero. A MAG is simply a written handshake between your group and the groups around you: who you trust, how far, what you will do for each other, and how you will talk. Work through the eight modules in order the first time. After that, use the table of contents to jump to what you need.
No single group can do everything. You may have a strong medic but no welder. Your neighbors down the road may have fuel and a backhoe but no one trained in trauma. ALLIED FORCE is the tool for writing down, in advance, how independent groups agree to help each other when times get hard. The finished product is a Mutual Assistance Group Charter that group leaders can read, agree to, and sign.
The program does six jobs for you:
Everything in ALLIED FORCE hangs off three trust tiers. You decide which tier a group belongs in. A higher tier means more trust, more shared information, and more obligation. You can move a group up over time as they earn it, or down if they lose it.
Open ALLIED FORCE and you see three areas. The diagram labels each one. You use these same three areas the entire time.
You do not have to finish everything in one sitting. But here is the fastest path to a useful, printable agreement.
This is your group as it will appear to your partners. The goal is to be informative without being operationally compromising. Give a partner enough to know what you bring to the table — not enough to target you.
One card per allied group. Press + ADD PARTNER GROUP to create a card, then fill it in. Each card holds the group's designation, location, size, leader, how you met them, their capabilities and limitations, and — most importantly — their trust tier.
Pick Tier 1, 2, or 3 from the dropdown on each card (see Section 2 for what they mean). The tier you set here flows through the whole program: it decides who appears in the Charter signature block, who gets full SOI information, and what OPSEC access they receive.
This is the most important module in the program. Vetting is how you decide whether a group is safe to bring inside. ALLIED FORCE breaks it into a funnel: a group moves from first contact, through structured checks, into a probation period, and only then to full trust.
One grid, every group, every skill. The rows are groups (yours is on top). The columns are capability categories: medical, security, comms, mechanical, agriculture/food, heavy equipment, transport, and special skills. For each cell you pick a level.
| NONE | No meaningful capability in this area. |
| BASIC | Some ability — can cover the basics in a pinch. |
| CAPABLE | Solid, reliable capability you can plan around. |
| EXPERT | A genuine strength — the group others should call. |
Use + ADD GROUP ROW to add a partner row. The "special skills" notes field at the bottom is for anything that does not fit a column — a pilot, a ham radio Elmer, a HAM-licensed nurse, a beekeeper.
This is the heart of the Charter — the actual terms each group agrees to. ALLIED FORCE gives you a numbered set of clauses with suggested wording. Read each one, then edit it to fit your situation. The clauses are:
If groups cannot talk, the alliance does not exist. Module 06 builds the inter-group SOI on a PACE structure: a primary frequency, an alternate, and an emergency, each with its mode and use.
Below the frequencies you set up authentication (a challenge-and-response so you know who you are really talking to), brevity codes (short words that carry a whole meaning — the program ships with a few examples you can edit), and the net schedule with a missed-contact procedure.
A rally point is a pre-agreed place where groups link up or stage support. Press + ADD RALLY POINT for each one. For every point you record a reference, a bearing and distance from that reference, a description, an approach route, recognition signals (day, night, audio, challenge/response), trigger conditions for moving there, and a waiting limit.
OPSEC means operational security: deciding what stays secret and from whom. This module ties the trust tiers to actual information access. You write, for each tier, exactly what that tier of partner is allowed to know.
Go to Generate Docs in the sidebar. Each button opens a clean, black-and-white, print-ready document in a new window. Press ⎙ PRINT / SAVE PDF in that window and choose your printer, or choose "Save as PDF" as the destination.
Use the big 📚 PRINT COMPLETE BINDER button at the top of the page to generate all four documents in a single print job, with a cover sheet and table of contents, each section starting on its own page. This is the one to use when you want a complete three-ring binder for each partner group. Print it double-sided, three-hole-punch it, and hand a copy to every leader.
Everything you enter is saved automatically inside this program on this device. You do not need an account and nothing is sent over the internet. But "on this device" means you should keep a backup.
ALLIED FORCE and this manual use short military and preparedness abbreviations. You never have to memorize them. Any acronym with a faint dotted underline will show its plain-English meaning when you rest your mouse on it. Try it now: hover MAG, AO, or PACE. The full list is in the glossary below if you would rather read it on paper.
| MAG | Mutual Assistance Group — independent groups that agree in advance to help each other. |
| AO | Area of Operations — the general area your group covers and is responsible for. |
| SOI | Signal Operating Instructions — the sheet of frequencies, call signs, and authentication for secure communication. |
| PACE | Primary, Alternate, Contingency, Emergency — a four-step communications fallback plan. |
| OPSEC | Operational Security — protecting information about your plans, people, and capabilities. |
| XO | Executive Officer — the group's second-in-command. |
| LIAISON | The single named point of contact between your group and a partner group. |
| TRUST TIER | The level of trust (1, 2, or 3) you assign a partner, which controls their access and obligations. |
| VETTING | The structured process of checking a group before extending trust. |
| PROBATION | A trial period during which a new partner holds limited trust before being fully accepted. |
| BREVITY CODE | A short word or phrase that stands for a longer message, used to keep radio traffic fast and discreet. |
| AUTHENTICATION | A challenge-and-response exchange that confirms you are talking to who you think you are. |
| RALLY POINT | A pre-agreed location where groups link up or stage support. |
| CHARTER | The full, signed Mutual Assistance Group agreement this program produces. |
No. Fill in your own group (Module 01) and your capabilities today. Add partner groups as you meet and vet them.
No. It is a good-faith planning agreement between groups. For anything legally binding, have an attorney review it.
Put them at Tier 3 (information sharing) or Tier 2 (limited cooperation). You never have to give a group more access than you are comfortable with, and you can move them up later.
Only what you choose to print and hand them. Nothing in ALLIED FORCE is shared automatically or sent online. You control every page that leaves your hands.
Review it whenever a group's situation changes, when you add or remove a partner, and on the review schedule you set in Module 05. Re-print and re-distribute when terms change.
Export your data to a JSON file on the old device, then import it on the new one. Everything comes across exactly as it was.
ALLIED FORCE ships with a demo sandbox — a separate copy pre-loaded with a complete worked alliance: the Ridgeline Mutual Aid Group's own profile, three partner groups at all three trust tiers (an anchor Tier 1 farm co-op, a Tier 2 group still under evaluation, and a Tier 3 information-sharing network), vetting logs in three different states of completion, a filled capability matrix across all four groups, and a fully drafted ten-clause MAG Charter with vetting standards and exit protocol.
Opening and leaving. In the live module, click DEMO in the sidebar under this manual. Inside the demo, that same slot reads RETURN TO LIVE and takes you back. An amber banner across the top of the demo tells you which copy you are in at all times.
Your real data is safe. The demo keeps its data in a completely separate storage slot. Nothing you do in the demo can touch your real alliance records.
How to use it. Read the three partners against Section 6 — the tier assignments and vetting states show exactly how trust is earned in stages. Compare Stone Creek's completed Phase 1–2 vetting against Valley Grange's early contact log. Then open Generate Docs and print the Charter — the demo's ten clauses double as suggested starting wording for your own.
Resetting. The ↻ RESET DEMO button (top bar and amber banner) discards any changes and restores the sample alliance.
WATCHMAN : ALLIED FORCE · MODULE 22 · © 2026 WATCHMAN Suite, LLC