THE FAMILY CAPTAIN
Bootcamp · USMC Ministries

The Family Captain AI Boot Camp

7 weeks. One plan. Each Captain with Christ at the center.

A 7-week boot camp for the captain at home. Vision, marriage, fathering, spiritual rhythm, body, finances, sabbath — with AI as the leverage, not the point. Claude and Cowork primary, on the bridge as a trusted aide and not the autopilot.

Format: 3 tasks/week × 7 weeks Time: 20–30 min per task Cohort: Private Heartbeat circle
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The Mission

Christ at the center. The captain in command.

This isn't a chatbot bootcamp. It's leadership formation. We teach men how to use AI without losing themselves to it. Every week opens and closes in Scripture. AI drafts. The captain decides.

At Home

Husband, father, brother. Tools serve the home; they never compete with it.

In Business

Solo founder, steward of time. Leverage as a tithe of time, not a brag.

In Ministry

Captain, servant, multiplier. Train the next captain (2 Tim 2:2).

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding (or your tools)." — Proverbs 3:5–6 ↗
The Framework

The Armada Theme.

Seven themes orbit the captain. Each week, one moves to center.

The Family Captain Armada — 7-week framework (Vision, Body, Spiritual, Husbanding, Fathering, Finance, Sabbath)

Each week's section page features that week's themed Armada view.

Watch · Listen · Read

The Family Captain Boot Camp — overview.

Three formats, same content. Pick the one that fits your moment — a quiet evening, a long commute, or a coffee at the kitchen table.

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Chapters (6)

The Deep Dive · framework overview

Two officers debriefing the bootcamp framework — the 7-week shape, the tiered-autonomy posture, and what makes this different from generic AI training. About 14 minutes — for the captain on a commute or a walk.

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Chapters (8)

The Slide Deck · printable briefing

A visual briefing of the 7-week framework. Print it, hand it to a brother, or read it on a tablet.

How It Works

From your phone. No second app to install.

The whole bootcamp runs in a private Heartbeat circle — no Mighty Networks, no Discord, no Slack, no tier-3 SaaS to learn.

STEP 1

Join the circle

One tap to open the Heartbeat app. Private, free, no email gate.

STEP 2

Open the welcome guide

The bootcamp map is the first thing you see. Materials and W1.T1 are right behind it.

STEP 3

Ship a task

20-30 minutes. Open the PDF, do the action, react ✓ on the post when shipped.

STEP 4

Drop a one-liner

Tap Comments — Heartbeat threads keep the discussion organized. Iron sharpens iron.

The Path

Seven weeks. One captain.

Each week drops three SACAs (Self-Assigned Captain’s Actions) — finish any one to complete the week, or do all three. Each leaves an artifact. By Week 7, every captain leaves with a signed Captain's Charter and a person they've taught.

Optional depth track: 49 ninety-second Captain's Drills run alongside the main tasks. Skip without guilt — the drill is the rep, not the workout.

The 7 Sails

Seven sails. Seven weeks. One rig.

The Family Captain runs on seven standing practices — the sails. Each week of this bootcamp raises one, and AI keeps it trimmed so it stays up long after the week ends: the Captain’s Creed and the Captain’s Log (together, the Wheelhouse) · the 5:25 Prayer · the Weekly Family Meeting · the Monthly Family Survey · the Family Values · the Nightly Gratitude Journal. Each weekly SACA — a Self-Assigned Captain’s Action — is how a sail goes up.

The captain’s day: 0600 Creed · 5:25 Prayer · 9:00 Gratitude. Three alarms, three sails, every single day.

Built to run alongside The Family Captain — the three legs of leadership: compassion, responsibility, authority.

The 21 SACAs

Tap any SACA to preview it.

Each tile below opens that task's one-page PDF — the same page a captain sees during the cohort. The cohort itself runs in the Heartbeat circle; this page is the front door.

What captains see during the cohort

The full bootcamp runs in a private Heartbeat circle. The bootcamp index is pinned; tasks drop Mon/Wed/Fri as channel posts with the PDF attached. Captains react ✓ when they ship and drop a one-line comment in the linked discussion group — that's where iron sharpens iron.

No second app to install. No funnel. Just the channel link, the bootcamp index pinned, and the captain's actions stacking.

What "shipped" means

You did the task. Imperfect actions count. Captain's actions stack.

Pacing Prompts in the cohort feed celebrate what shipped, name what slipped — never grade.
Explore the Materials

Browse the full bundle.

Everything that ships with the bootcamp. Open whatever helps you decide if this is for the men in your circle. Two of them — the Captain's Compass and the Pacing Prompts preview — are full pages on this site.

Captain — your wheel is waiting.

Join the private Heartbeat circle. Read the pinned index. Start with Task W1.T1 today. Three tasks a week. Iron sharpens iron in the comments.

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