SOFware developed the FORGE™ application to assist elite units with assessing, selecting, developing, and mentoring their personnel. Initially developed specifically for Special Mission Units (SMU), FORGE™ has been in use since 2011 to actively manage individual performance and guide professional development.

Who we serve

FORGE™ is for any DoD, Federal, Interagency, Intelligence Community, or First Responder organizations that grade, assess, select, train, develop, and mentor their people.

Why

Recruiting, assessing, mentoring and developing the best and the right people at a high level requires measurement of what matters most. This doesn’t end with selection; it’s where it begins.

What our clients say about FORGE™

"A valuable tool for leadership development, feedback, and mentorship. It gives the [client org redacted] leadership an in-depth view of every member assigned with special emphasis on tactical-level org leadership. The collection of data points...available to operators form assessments and peer surveys are valuable to their self-awareness and development."

"The information coming our of the Peer Surveys is outstanding."

"In retrospect, I should have listened to FORGE and relieved the tactical-level org senior enlisted leader. All the data was there."

"The character and performance that is documented through surveys and assessments is invaluable."

"FORGE provides transparency which allows leaders to better manage risk & potential. Never before have leaders had access to this game changing insight."

"The ultimate point...is to capture character and competency of every operator throughout their career. Currently we use a multitude of systems to do this, with the primary being resident knowledge all of us carry in our heads about specific individuals during any given period of time, The obvious problem is we will all not be around when the member going through a training iteration now, is looking to screen for a leadership position in the future."

"This system allows us to maintain and track historic records on their performace and their leadership capabilities and/or potential for the future."

"We got such good insight on our uniformed personnel I extended the program to my command staff."

"The ultimate point of this is to capture character and competency of every operator throughout their career...This system allows us to maintain and track historic records on their performance and their leadership capabilities and/or potential for the future."

FORGE™ Software - an Elite Unit Services Solution

100%

of our focus is on the needs of the Special Operations /Elite Law Enforcement community

13+

years of relevant experience

5,000+

Special Operations personnel currently rely on FORGE™ to assess, select, mentor, and develop

Capabilities

  • FORGE™ can be on your network (on-prem or cloud), or standalone through our ruggedized ANVIL kit (non-Enterprise) - purpose-built for disconnected environments
  • FORGE™ can receive and manage large amounts of performance data, and provides assessment reports, survey reports, leaderboards, and comparison views
  • FORGE™ facilitates ongoing evaluation and reinforcement of critical character, performance, and leadership traits
  • FORGE™ is a shell for attributes and standards for your individual organization.
  • Score attributes on a 1-5 scale using clearly defined measurements of the attributes you select to lirevent ambiguity for assessors
  • FORGE™ allows deeper analysis of attributes with sub-attributes to provide meaningful insights
  • Evaluate across cohorts to identify performance differences between individuals
  • Evaluate across cohorts to identify performance differences between individuals

FORGE™ can be used by Selectors or the Enterprise

For the Selector:

  • FORGE™ links existing client curriculum and attributes
  • Evaluate candidates in any mission scenario: EOD evolutions, Maritime Mobility Operations, Bluesheet grading, OPORD presentations, GFC sims
  • Grade skills events like CQC, MFF, JTAC, Throttle man, Navigator, Heavy Weapons, or others that have safety and performance violations associated
  • Provides a Selector Report Card for adjudication and anonymized Member Report Card for debriefing candidates
  • FORGE™ allows Peer Surveys with Perceptions, Nominations, Questions, and displays Perception Gap (how the candidate perceives themselves vs. how the group perceives them)

For the Enterprise:

  • Capture data on personnel — from entry through retirement
  • Deep select high-character performers/great teammates for leadership, or identify latent risks (ask members, combine scores, enact change)
  • Training detachments can grade throughout a course in Marksmanship, Land Warfare, Diving, CQC, and other phases
  • Members can see where they stand (ask questions, reconcile perceptions, elevate)
  • Senior Leaders can view at the Group level, down to the Squad level (trust but verify); Senior Enlisted can deep dive to mentor/develop
  • ATO on NIPR/SIE, ATO-C’d on SIPR - Cloud capable

Interested in learning more about FORGE™?