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Where Guard Ready is going.

Guard Ready is the readiness platform for the South Carolina Army National Guard. One app for recruits to learn, qualify, and connect. One workspace for recruiters to manage their pipeline. One data layer to keep both in sync.

  1. Live today

    Today

  2. Building now

    Q3 2026

  3. Vision

    Long term

Three audiences, one platform

For recruits

A pocket guide to the Guard. Study, browse every MOS, build a plan in 20 minutes, practice for the ASVAB, get clear answers grounded in regulation any time of day.

For recruiters

A real CRM, not a spreadsheet. Open a recruit and see their plan, ASVAB, health and legal self reports at a glance. Realtime chat. Track stage, priority, and next steps.

For SC ARNG

One source of truth for the recruit lifecycle. Built by South Carolina for South Carolina. Data stays with the Guard. A partner that ships.

From the founder

Built by a Guard soldier, for the Guard.

PFC Tyler Amos

14E · SC ARNG

Founder of Centervert. Ships to AIT at Fort Sill in September 2026. Building Guard Ready alongside service.

I started building tools for the Army and SCANG in 2018, when I first thought about joining. I enlisted in late 2019. As a trainee I kept building. Apps that helped me be a better soldier: retain information, grow, and hold the posture to know the regulations I was supposed to be following. I gave them to the trainees around me. They worked. This has been a passion I have worked at continually since.

Guard Ready started as a private market consumer app. Free, with AI features behind a paywall. Then I started learning the recruitment side. I saw recruiters working without complete enlistment packets, building rapport before the data, guessing at waivers. The fix is not a better PDF. It is giving recruiters everything they need from the very first conversation so they can guide the recruit in the best direction the South Carolina National Guard has for them.

So I built the full ecosystem. Recruit app, recruiter workspace, shared data layer. One source of truth for both sides.

To make this grow I need an official partnership with the SC Guard. Time with recruiters to learn what they actually look for and how to prepare the data for them. I would be interested in transferring ownership of Guard Ready to the SCANG, and coming alongside the team to advance my career and make real impact on the mission of the Recruitment and Sustainment division.

The roadmap below is what gets built next. The partnership is what makes it possible.

Live today

Already in recruiters' hands.

Built, tested with real Casey-style recruits, and serving the SC ARNG team. Nothing here is a slide deck.

12 items

  • Recruit mobile app

    Pilot

    iOS and Android (TestFlight today). The pocket version of the Guard for prospects and new soldiers.

  • Study the Guard

    Live

    Nine chapter sequence: Chain of Command, Values, Ranks, Uniforms, Drill, Fitness, OPSEC, Communicate, Report. Built for confident first drill.

  • MOS catalog

    Live

    Every Army MOS, searchable, with eligibility, line score requirements, and what the job actually looks like day to day.

  • Build My Plan

    Live

    A nine step recruit intake that becomes a complete recruiter packet: goals, career interest, benefits, timeline, employment, identity, documents.

  • Background and Health intake

    Live

    Six section self-report covering education, legal, medical, readiness, tattoos. Flags waivers against current regulation automatically.

  • ASVAB practice

    Live

    Per section practice questions inside the app, with AFQT estimate, line scores, and Category placement.

  • AI assistant grounded in regulation

    Live

    Every answer is anchored to Army Regulations and DA PAMs in the Pinecone index. Citations included. No vibes, no guessing.

  • Recruiter CRM

    Live

    Full web workspace. Pipeline stages, inline editable properties, action bar, claim and reassign, full recruit dossier on one screen.

  • Realtime recruiter chat

    Live

    Bubble UI, sender attribution, day dividers, optimistic send. Recruits see messages the moment recruiters send them.

  • Stripes for Buddies referral management

    Live

    Every recruit has a referral code. Both recruiters in a referral pair see the relationship across the state. Credits attach automatically when the referee enlists.

  • Recruiter claim and reassign

    Live

    One click to claim an opted in prospect. One click to reassign an active recruit to another recruiter, with full audit trail and the prior recruiter notified.

  • Service lifecycle stepper

    Live

    Prospect, DEP, RSP, BCT, AIT, Assigned. One source of truth for where a soldier is in the journey, visible to every recruiter.

Building now

Shipping in the next sprint.

Active development. Most items land in Q3 2026.

5 items

  • Recruiter analytics dashboard

    Q3 2026

    Pipeline conversion, time in stage, source attribution, follow up overdue. The numbers leadership needs to see month over month.

  • File uploads in the CRM

    Q3 2026

    Secure document attachments alongside chat. Birth certificates, transcripts, court records. Stays inside the SC ARNG data boundary.

  • Mobile push notifications

    Q3 2026

    Drill reminders, recruiter messages, deadline nudges, Stripes credits. The recruit never misses a touchpoint.

  • Recruit “What’s next” dashboard

    Q3 2026

    Ranked, contextual to where the recruit is in Build My Plan, ASVAB, and intake. Removes the guesswork.

  • Dual recruiter assignment and transfers

    Q3 2026

    Co-assign a recruit when one recruiter is leading and another is supporting (referrals, deployments, parental leave). Full transfer history. Both recruiters keep visibility through hand off.

Roadmap

Q4 2026 and Q1 2027.

The next wave after current work ships. The headline is the RSP management suite, which makes every RSP unit in South Carolina run on the same track.

10 items

  • RSP management suite

    Q4 2026

    A complete RSP operating system for South Carolina. Every RSP unit, every drill, every soldier on one platform.

    • Attendance and accountability per drill, per soldier
    • Pay issue tracking with status and resolution path
    • Trouble tickets for missing records, missing kit, MOS mismatch
    • Readiness scoring: PT, weight, medical, dental, drill performance
    • Ship date board with countdowns and remaining requirements
    • Soldier dashboard so RSP members see their own gaps
    • Cadre dashboard so every RSP unit reports the same way
  • BCT and AIT soldier reviews

    Q1 2027

    Returning soldiers submit structured reviews of their BCT and AIT experience. Recruits assigned to that base unlock the feed before they ship. RSP cadre, often years removed from current training, stays current on what their soldiers are actually walking into.

    • Reviews tagged by base, phase (BCT or AIT), MOS, and graduation date
    • Categories: pace, freedom, work, surprises, what to bring, what to leave at home
    • When a recruit gets a BCT or AIT assignment, the feed for that exact base unlocks
    • RSP cadre dashboard surfaces what trainees are asking and what returnees are answering
    • Trend tracking on what is shifting in TRADOC: priorities, new gear, new policies
    • Moderation queue so cadre can highlight the most accurate and OPSEC-safe signal
  • Regulation and waiver intelligence

    Q4 2026

    Self reported recruit answers cross referenced against the live Army Regulation corpus. The recruiter sees the exact reg cite, the applicable waiver path, and the authority who can sign it. No more guessing on conditions, juvenile records, tattoos, or marijuana history.

    • Per-condition AR citation with section and paragraph
    • Waiver type (medical, conduct, dependency) with required documentation list
    • Waiver authority routing (recruiter, commander, surgeon, G-1)
    • Auto-updates the second the regulation changes in the corpus
    • Human-reviewable queue when the AI is not confident
  • Video education library

    Q4 2026

    Original and curated content matched to each Study the Guard chapter. Watch the drill ceremony you just read about.

  • MEPS integration

    Q4 2026

    Two way sync with DODMERB and MEPS appointments. Recruiters stop chasing paperwork by phone.

  • Real data connections

    Q1 2027

    Verified status from DEERS and NG ECMS where federation allows. Stops manual reconciliation.

  • ASVAB study sessions

    Q1 2027

    Per section practice with score progression over time. The recruit sees their own curve before they hit the real test.

  • Cross recruiter alerts

    Q1 2027

    When a referee enlists, the referrer’s recruiter gets pinged. Stripes credits surface in the right inbox.

  • Active soldier pocket regs

    Q1 2027

    The same AI assistant for current Guard members. AR 670 1 in your hand at drill.

  • SC ARNG state metrics board

    Q1 2027

    Higher level dashboard for leadership. Every recruit, every recruiter, every RSP unit in South Carolina on one screen. Trends, not just counts.

    • Recruits in pipeline, by stage, by region, by recruiter
    • Inflow per week and per month, with comparison to prior periods
    • Self report demographics: motivation, ship timeline, MOS interest, benefits priority
    • Quiet leads recovery: people who downloaded the app and built a plan but never engaged a recruiter (data the Guard currently loses)
    • Stripes for Buddies network graph across the state
    • Waiver volume and approval rates by category

Vision

The long arc.

Where the platform goes once the near term roadmap is in.

6 items

  • Lifecycle platform

    Vision

    From eligibility check to a soldier’s first drill in their assigned unit. Every Guard touchpoint in one place.

  • Career roadmap visualizer

    Vision

    Shows recruits where their chosen MOS goes over 5, 10, 20 years. Promotions, credentials, civilian crosswalks.

  • AIT graduate mentor match

    Vision

    Incoming recruits get paired with a recent graduate of the same MOS. Real talk before they ship.

  • Live regulation feed

    Vision

    When AR 601 210 updates, every active recruit and recruiter sees the new rules within minutes. No more outdated PDFs.

  • Predictive pipeline signals

    Vision

    Beyond reporting. Models that surface which prospects are most likely to enlist, which RSP soldiers are at risk of attrition, and which recruiters are about to be overloaded. Earlier intervention, fewer surprises.

  • Open data to other states

    Vision

    Once the SC ARNG version is proven, the same platform stands up for other state National Guards on their own data boundary. South Carolina's investment becomes a national playbook.

Talk to us

Want to pilot this with your unit or rewrite a piece of it?

Guard Ready is built by Centervert for the South Carolina Army National Guard. We can talk about pilots, integrations, and where your unit fits on the timeline above.

Built by Centervert for the South Carolina Army National Guard. Educational and operational tool. Always verify enlistment details with official sources.