🎙️ Episode 5: The Administrative Gauntlet

Brief Description:

This episode details the bureaucratic fallout after the CID failed to find any evidence of criminal wrongdoing during their investigation, which began in 2012. Despite the lack of proof, the focus shifts to how the Army National Guard (ARNG) used administrative means to punish and sideline the soldier. The episode covers the administrative flag that was officially placed on the soldier's record in August 2014, halting their career advancement and initiating a cycle of professional stagnation. It chronicles the transition from a criminal investigation that yielded nothing to a sustained, systemic administrative persecution designed to achieve the same end: destroying the soldier's career under the guise of procedure. This episode sets the stage for the chronic personal and financial suffering detailed in Episode 6.