Military Odyssey 2016

Over the Bank Holiday weekend RT members attended the Military Odyssey show, which is a multi period event held in Kent, England.

We had a good turn out of members and displays.

With the usual vehicles in attendance the star of this years display was the Burton Family display tent featuring a wide range of equipment and uniforms all set within Dioramas including the rare ADSIDs (Air Delivered Seismic Intrusion Device) The overall theme was use of the HO Chi Minh Trail by the communists and attempts by the U.S. and SVN to stop men and material from entering South Vietnam via the Trail and waterways. This Museum quality display was truly inspiring specially knowing that this put together by only 3 of our members with small logistics.
 The public and fellow re-enactors really enjoyed it and it showed other areas of the war not often seen.

But again you don't need that much to share your interest with the public as another one of our member, Les demonstrated with his Demo man kit display which attracted a lot of attention.

 We were also lucky enough to have two of our members set up a Australian Salvation Army Red Shield tent with endless Tea and Coffee, cokes and Anzac biscuits made to a recipe from the 60's and as you can imagine they were all gone by the end of the show :)

 As usual, a few of us took the opportunity do do some photo shoots in the nearby woods with subject like US early advisers wearing the Beo Gam often referred as "duck Hunter" uniform or Dien Bien Phu, representing the 1st French Foreign Legion Paratroops battalion, 1er BEP. 

	US early advisers
	1er BEP.

We also took part with other groups in a arena battle for the public and as you can tell things got a little warm for our members and certainly impressed the public. Thanks again to Fred Cornwall for the warm welcome in the arena :) And yes you can get a Tan at Military Odyssey, the front line troops did! :-)