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The Fighting Entropy Ecosystem
This site is the home for:
Fighting Entropy (memoir)
Engineering clarity essays
Military engineering insights
Federal‑service analysis
Supplemental materials
Library acquisition resources
Press kit
The Entropy Store
Newsletter (The Entropy Report)
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Professional Mission
My mission is to illuminate the systems we inherit — military, engineering, federal — and to show how clarity, discipline, and responsibility shape the infrastructure that supports national readiness and public safety.
About the Author
William Maskevich Electrical Engineer (GS‑850) • NAVFAC Southwest • Federal Service
I am an electrical engineer who spent my early career inside the U.S. Navy’s facilities engineering system — NAVFAC Southwest — where technical clarity, documentation discipline, and engineering judgment intersect with military infrastructure, federal service, and institutional drift.
My work focused on electrical distribution systems, grounding and bonding, load calculations, panel schedules, and NEC compliance across Navy and federal facilities. I learned firsthand how engineering decisions are made inside large institutions, how documentation affects safety, and how systems drift when clarity is not maintained.
These experiences shaped Fighting Entropy, my memoir about engineering inside NAVFAC and the realities of federal service. The book blends field‑work narrative with engineering clarity, offering a rare inside view of military‑civilian engineering culture and the systems that support — and sometimes undermine — infrastructure reliability.
Engineering Background
I began my federal career as a GS‑850 electrical engineer through NAVFAC Southwest’s Environmental Division and later the Electrical Engineering Branch. My work included:
Electrical distribution analysis
Grounding and bonding verification
Load calculations and panel schedule reconstruction
NEC compliance
Field inspections
Documentation discipline
Engineering support for military operations
Collaboration with officers, enlisted personnel, and civilian staff
These experiences form the technical foundation of Fighting Entropy and the broader ecosystem.
Federal Service & NAVFAC Experience
Working inside NAVFAC means navigating a unique environment where:
Military expectations shape engineering priorities
Civilian engineers carry responsibility without full authority
Documentation discipline determines safety
Institutional drift affects infrastructure reliability
Systems thinking becomes essential for survival
My memoir explores these dynamics through real projects, real interactions, and real consequences.
Why I Write
I write to bring clarity to engineering practice, especially inside public‑sector institutions where the stakes are high and the systems are complex.
My work focuses on:
Engineering clarity
Military infrastructure
Federal service culture
Institutional drift
Documentation discipline
Systems thinking
Professional nonfiction
These themes form the backbone of the Fighting Entropy ecosystem.
The Reality Check, is suspended pending publisher decisions . It will relaunch in 2026 as The Entropy Report, aligned with engineering clarity and institutional analysis.
I never understood how the author could be flabbergasted … until I read his manuscript!
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About the Author
William Maskevich is an electrical engineer whose career began inside the U.S. Navy’s Cooperative Education Program, where he learned—sometimes abruptly—how federal facilities actually function behind the scenes. After earning his BSEE, he spent decades working within NAVFAC Southwest, the Environmental Division, and later in electrical engineering roles supporting Navy Public Works and major facility operations.
His professional life unfolded during the turbulence of BRAC, shifting regulations, construction contract disputes, outages, mis rated equipment, and the daily realities of keeping complex systems safe and functional. Along the way, he developed a disciplined, safety driven worldview shaped by grounding systems, contract submittals, load calculations, and the human personalities that influenced every decision.
Maskevich’s writing blends engineering clarity with lived experience. He is drawn to the gap between how institutions should work and how they actually operate, and to the quiet, often unseen work required to keep entropy at bay. Fighting Entropy is his first book—a memoir of engineering, culture, and the human side of technical work.