Mark W. Castillon

The Department of War is changing how it handles future personnel actions. That is a good start, but it does little for veterans still living with...

How Institutionally Tolerated Boundary Failures Become Procedural Leverage - The Pattern Everyone Knows But No One Stops Inside military formations...

The Long Shadow of War on Military Children For more than two decades, the United States military has studied war’s consequences: casualties,...

The Instrument of Power In today's military, particularly within the National Guard, administrative process has become the preferred method for...

Every time a service member dies, the system responds with speed and precision. Within days, a $100,000 death gratuity is issued, often alongside up...

How the Army Is Quietly Stripping Retirement Benefits from Combat Veterans Just Months from Vesting There is a promise the Army makes to every soldier...

A service member can fight in Baghdad, return home to lose a house in a hurricane, and patrol the wreckage of his own neighborhood — and still be told...

The administration changed policy. The personnel bureaucracy quietly refused to follow.

Structural Reforms to Reduce Psychological Harm in Military Administrative Systems The military justice system was designed to enforce standards and...

How 2025 Policy Updates Can Address Unpunished Serial and False Accusations For more than a decade, the U. S.