FAP

For years, the Department of Defense’s Family Advocacy Program (FAP) has operated as a hidden court system — issuing life-altering judgments without judges, lawyers, or appeals. What began as a protective mission for military families has morphed into an opaque bureaucracy capable of labeling service members as “abusers,” ending careers, and driving suicides—all in secret. “We track lost weapons more carefully than we track lost parents,” says one DoD insider. The Hidden War series by Fatherand.Co and The Thunder Report exposes how this shadow system destroys the very families it claims to protect—and why Congress can no longer look away.