What People Are Saying

“I found your book to be true to my life as a tanker. . .you hit a home run for junior leaders ready to take command . . .you have given junior officers exactly what they need. A must read!”

— General (R) Gordon R. Sullivan, U.S. Army

“Rick Bogdan has accomplished, as we say in the Naval Service when a senior Flag or General Officer sends a personal message for a “job well done”- “Bravo Zulu”. He has done a valuable service providing his own modern version of Rudyard Kipling’s Soldier Tales to provide the public at large a glimpse of what it was like to serve, the good times and the bad.”

— Colonel (R) Preston McLaughlin,
United States Marine Corps Combat Veteran, Operations Desert Storm and Enduring Freedom

Readers Favorite Review Excerpts

“Sitting somewhere between the great American short story and the great American novel, Grunts, Gramps & Tanks by Rick Bogdan… reminded me of the Nick Adams series of short stories by Hemingway… with sparse, gritty, descriptive writing… overall a very polished piece.”

“Grunts, Gramps & Tanks is such a brutally honest depiction of military life… so many important and inspiriting lessons to be gained… the entire book was extremely compelling.”

“Grunts, Gramps & Tanks is straightforward, engaging, educational, and funny as hell.”

“The author had me hooked from the first page when the protagonist joins the army without talking it over with his wife first. I had to find out what happened after that.”