Dink-Gadink

Based on real events and personal experiences - yet presented as comical military fiction - Dink-Gadink depicts a week in the life of seven Plebes at the U.S. Naval Academy. Struggling to survive in an institution that overwhelms them on a daily basis, these seven Plebes are unique in their personalities and goals. Told from a humorous perspective in vivid detail, Dink-Gadink boldly takes the reader inside the hallowed walls of the U.S. Naval Academy. It depicts the hilarious and mischievous escapades of Homecoming week, leading up to a climactic football game against Air Force on Saturday. Finally, on a lazy Sunday morning, it reveals a priceless lesson about the true meaning of real world friendships that are formed in a crucible like the U.S. Naval Academy. Dink-Gadink is as close as a reader will ever become to actually being a Midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy.

John M. Scanlan is a native of Stoutsville, Ohio, where he grew up as the oldest of eight children in a childhood that would best be described as a Norman Rockwell painting. John is a 1983 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, where he was a member of the Twenty-Third Company, majored in mechanical engineering, and played rugby. He retired from the United States Marine Corps as a Lieutenant Colonel with approximately 2500 hours in the back seat of tactical fighter attack aircraft, specifically the F-4S Phantom II and the F-18D Hornet. He currently resides on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and is pursuing a second career as a writer.