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Battle Buddy Companion

From One Battle Buddy To Another

Use inner honesty to achieve inner healing. Remember that you are safe here, and so is your data. It's okay to take off the mask.

✓ Your words stay on this device. Nothing is uploaded, ever.
✓ Encrypted with AES-256. Only your 4-digit code unlocks it.
✓ No tracking. No accounts. No cloud. Just you and your work.

Set Your 4-Digit Code

Choose four digits you'll remember. This locks the app so only you can open it.

Locally stored · No cloud · No tracking

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BATTLE BUDDY COMPANION

A daily guide for the road home

Today's Word

From one vet to another

Daily Check-In

A quick honest look at where you are today. Only you see this.

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Today's Prompt

Write as much or as little as you need. Nobody reads this but you.

Today's Entry

Stream of consciousness is fine. Bullet points are fine. Whatever comes out.

Saved.

The Toolkit

Quick interventions for when your nervous system needs a reset. Use any of these any time.

Box Breathing

4 in, 4 hold, 4 out, 4 hold. Same drill the SEALs use. Resets your nervous system in minutes.

5-4-3-2-1 Grounding

Pulls you out of a flashback or panic spike by anchoring you in your five senses.

Safe Place Visualization

A guided walk-through to a place where your body knows it's safe.

Humming Reset

Two minutes. Three rounds of humming and breath. Vibrates your vagus nerve directly — your body's main switch for standing down.

My Crisis Plan

Build your own plan now, so it's ready when you need it. Warning signs, coping moves, people to call.

Your Inspiration Gallery

Photos that anchor you. Family. Brothers and sisters in arms. The dog. The mountain. The kids. Whatever reminds you who you are and why you're staying in this fight. Two galleries: Peace for what calms you, Warrior for what drives you.

When on, your photos rotate behind every tab — Today, Journal, Toolkit, History. When off, your photos stay in the gallery here only. You can toggle this from the header on any tab.
Higher = darker overlay, easier to read text.
Full-screen slideshow with rotating words. Press ESC to exit.

Peace Gallery

Photos that bring you back to ground. Home. People you love. Places that feel safe. The view that quiets your nervous system.

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Click or drag photos here

JPG, PNG, or WebP. Photos stay on your device only — nothing is uploaded.

Your Peace Photos

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Warrior Gallery

Photos that fire you up. Service. Brothers and sisters in arms. The mission. The mindset. Do not quit.

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Click or drag photos here

JPG, PNG, or WebP. Photos stay on your device only — nothing is uploaded.

Your Warrior Photos

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Storage

Your photos live in this browser on this device only. They are never sent anywhere. Auto-resized so each one takes very little space.

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If you hit the limit, delete older photos or export your data from the History tab.

Voice

Hear the words, exercises, and steady reminders out loud — in a real human voice. Everything here is recorded and played back entirely on this device. Microphone audio is never uploaded. Nothing leaves your hands.

Which voice plays

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Founder's Voice

The voice the app comes with — from one battle buddy to another.

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My Voice

Your own recordings, made below. Your voice, guiding you.

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No Voice

Text only. No audio anywhere in the app.

Record In Your Own Voice

Read each line and record it once. Do a few at a time — your progress saves as you go, and you can re-record anything that doesn't sound right. To hear your own recordings in the app, set the voice above to My Voice.

When you start recording, your browser asks once to use the microphone — say yes, and you can record every line without being asked again. That permission is local to this device; microphone audio is never sent anywhere.
Saves your recordings to a file you can back up.

Your History

Patterns matter. Looking back is how you see the trend, not just the day.

Export Your Data

Take your entries with you. Useful for sharing with a therapist or just keeping a record.

Crisis Resources

If you or another vet is in crisis right now, use these. You don't have to be in active suicidal crisis to call. Just being not okay is enough.

Veterans Crisis Line

Call 988, then press 1
Text 838255
Chat: Veteranscrisisline.net/get-help-now/chat

Vet Center Call Center (peer support, 24/7)

Call 1-877-WAR-VETS (1-877-927-8387)
Combat vets and family members. Talk to other vets.

VA Mental Health

Find services: mentalhealth.va.gov
VA general line: 1-800-MyVA411 (1-800-698-2411)

SAMHSA National Helpline

Substance use & mental health: 1-800-662-4357
Free, confidential, 24/7.

About This Tool

Battle Buddy Companion is a self-help and reflection tool built by a Veteran, for Veterans. It was created to support the mission of curbing the 22-a-day. It is not therapy and it is not a treatment plan. It is a daily companion — a place to do the work between the appointments.

Everything you write here is stored only in your own browser, on your own device. It is not sent anywhere. It is not uploaded. Clearing your browser data will erase your entries — use the Export button if you want to keep a copy.

Your data is encrypted. Every check-in, journal entry, crisis plan, and uploaded photo is locked behind your 4-digit code using AES-256 encryption (the same standard used by banks and the U.S. government). Without your code, the stored data is unreadable — even to someone with full access to your computer. The trade-off: if you forget your code, the data cannot be recovered. There is no master key and no backdoor. That is the point.

Important. This product is for educational, reflective, and self-help purposes only. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment for PTSD or any other mental health condition. It is not a substitute for care from a licensed mental health professional. If you are in crisis, or thinking about harming yourself or others, stop using this tool and contact the Veterans Crisis Line (988, then press 1) or call 911. By using this tool, you acknowledge that the creator and publisher are not licensed clinicians and are not providing professional services through this product.