U.S. Army Civil Affairs

Your Field
Operations Hub

Pipehawk is the unclassified mobile companion for Civil Affairs soldiers. Document KLEs with doctrine-aligned templates, manage your AO, export field reports, and get AI-powered doctrine assistance — all in one secure app.

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5
KLE Template Types
54+
Reference Screens
AI
Doctrine Assistant
100%
Unclassified

Everything a CA Soldier Needs

Built specifically for Civil Affairs operations — from team-level KLE prep to brigade-level reporting, all in one organized app.

KLE Engagement TrackingUpdated

Log KLEs, meetings, site visits, civil recon, and CE activities with PMESII tagging, GPS coordinates, and MGRS location. Five doctrine-aligned KLE templates — HN Governor, Village Leader, NGO/IO Rep, Partner Force — pre-fill the right fields for each engagement type.

Contact LinkingNew

Link existing contact records directly to KLE engagements. See every engagement associated with a key leader or official from their contact record — building a complete relationship history over time.

Offline Markdown ExportNew

Export a KLE Summary for any date range or a full AO Package — including PMESII/ASCOPE analysis and all associated engagements — as a Markdown file. Works entirely offline and shares via AirDrop, email, or unit systems.

AO Profile Management

Build comprehensive Area of Operations profiles with key leaders, institutions, and full PMESII/ASCOPE assessments. Attach civil sites, contacts, and export complete AO Packages for handover.

KLE Planner

Plan Key Leader Engagements with objectives tied to collection requirements. Record purpose, desired effects, talking points, redlines, risk assessments, and track outcomes after every engagement.

AI Doctrine Assistant

Ask CA doctrine questions and get mission planning support grounded in FM 3-57, ATP 3-57, and JP 3-57. Get PMESII analysis, talking point suggestions, and doctrine guidance — on demand.

Fitness Tracking

Track Army Fitness Test scores with automatic scoring across all 5 events. AR 600-9 height and weight tracking with body composition standards and tape test guidance built in.

Auto-Populated Reports

Generate CIVSITREPs, Handover Packages, and AARs with data auto-populated from your engagement history. Quick-fill SALUTE, 9-Line MEDEVAC, CIVREP, and PIR templates.

Civil Site Mapping

Track civil sites — hospitals, schools, markets, infrastructure — with MGRS coordinates and GPS integration. Attach photos, notes, and PMESII assessments to each site.

Airborne Ops Reference

Complete JMPI sequence, Five Points of Performance, emergency procedures, and T-11 pre-jump briefing. Offline-accessible — no connectivity required in the field.

54+ Reference Screens

CIM, TLP, Risk Management, Stability Operations, FID, OPSEC, Land Nav, Country Cards, Cold Weather, Negotiation & Mediation, AAR facilitation, 38B task standards, and more — all offline.

Mission Tools

Task manager with unit taskers, pre/during/post-mission checklists for KLE and site visits, ESB prep guide, deployed health reference, and 38B task flashcard mode.

Built for the Field,
Secured for Operations

Pipehawk is designed for unclassified operational use with enterprise-grade security practices throughout.

Per-User Cloud Storage with Encrypted Transport

All data is encrypted in transit via HTTPS. Passwords are hashed with bcrypt. Sessions use secure 30-day persistent cookies with strict same-site policy. Your operational data is completely isolated — no other user can access it. Hosted on hardened cloud infrastructure with automated backups.

AUTH
bcrypt password hashing
Industry-standard one-way hashing, no plaintext storage
TRANSPORT
HTTPS / TLS everywhere
All client-server communication encrypted in transit
DATA
Per-user data isolation
No cross-user data access; scoped by authenticated session
BIOMETRICS
Face ID / Touch ID
Optional biometric login; credentials stored in Secure Enclave
UNCLASSIFIED — Never enter classified, CUI, or operationally sensitive data

Designed, Built & Shipped
by One Engineer

Pipehawk is an independent project — conceived, designed, and deployed end-to-end by a single developer who understands both the mission and the craft.

Built from the field up
Software Engineer · Product Manager · U.S. Army Special Operations, Civil Affairs

Pipehawk was conceived, designed, and shipped by someone who does this work — an active software engineer and product manager currently serving in U.S. Army Special Operations as a Civil Affairs soldier. Every feature reflects a real operational need, not a guess. The result is a tool built with the discipline of a professional engineer and the perspective of someone who has used the doctrine it references.

Frontend
React Native + Expo
SDK 54, New Architecture, cross-platform iOS & Android
Navigation
React Navigation v7
Native stack + bottom tabs, gesture-driven flows
Backend
Node.js + Express
REST API with session auth, bcrypt, secure cookies
Database
PostgreSQL + Drizzle
Type-safe ORM, per-user data isolation
AI
OpenAI API
GPT-powered doctrine assistant grounded in FM 3-57
Distribution
EAS Build + Submit
Live on Apple App Store; Android build configured
Native APIs
Expo SDK Modules
Location, Face ID, file system, sharing, haptics, notifications
Language
TypeScript
End-to-end type safety across client, server, and shared types

Ready for the Field?

Download Pipehawk and bring your Civil Affairs operations into a single, organized, AI-powered workspace.

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