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Uniform regulations
During
public open show hours when on display
or in the arena, Rolling Thunder
members will have to adhere to
our uniform and equipment guidelines.
Hair
Regulation
military haircut
(No1 for lifers)
Beards
No beards
Your look
may be ideal for the 70's, but if you are portraying a
mid 60's unit, your goatee will look out of place!
Moustaches
and goatee-beards were mainly worn in the 70's.
Beard
can sometime be acceptable for
US Navy or French Indochina (check first)
Earrings
Earrings must be removed for the duration of the show
Tattoos
Tattoos were rare in
Vietnam
(except those
of a Military nature which were mainly worn by Airborne,
Special Forces, Seals, and Rangers, Marines and were on arms,
shoulder or chest).
If you have modern tattoo keep them
covered
(On a photo, they will give you away and spoil all your
hard work and your mates ones!)
So
please use the right look for the period you are
depicting.
Minimum
required kit (US ARMY)
Correct
war time baseball cap or boonie
hat
Correct war time uniform or good
quality repro (if badged,
this is need to be done
correctly and relating to your
age)
Correct jungle boots, period or
80's, watched out as some of the
repros are not acceptable due to
their poor quality
M1
60's helmet with correct helmet
cover and band (no woodland
cover, no cat eye on the band, watch
out for the post war chin
straps, and don't forget that
they were often removed in the
field, so you can easily
transform a post war helmet in a
war time by dropping the
straps!)
M56 load carrying equipment (watch
out for British water bottle,
they are the wrong colour and
are not acceptable)
Weapon (Repro, de-act or
good airsoft), please note
this must be relevant to your
rank and position.
For example shoulder holster
were used by officers in line
infantry units not by NCO contrary
to what you do see in war
films,
but they were used a lot by
Special units like SOG , LRRP,
SEAL)
Visit
our "The Look" Index
page for articles to help you.
AGAIN
DO YOUR RESEARCH, SHOW YOUR
COMMITMENT BY GETTING IT RIGHT!
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