MG Charles Scanlon led a distinguished military career with 35 years in the US Amy. He was inducted into the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame in 1995. Highlights of his career included Commander of INSCOM, the Army's Intelligence and Security Command and the Director of Operations & Attaches for the Defense Intelligence Agency. Among his awards and decorations are Army Parachutist

Badge, Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Army Distinguished Service Medal, 4 Legions of Merit, Air Medal, 3 Bronze Stars and many others.

MG Scanlon served two tours in Vietnam. He is the author of three books, two fiction, one non-fiction: The Attache's, Attache's II Retribution, and In Defense of the Nation.