Lieutenant Colonel Reynolds' Battalion CP Bannon's Boys Objective Marker “With all due respect, Captain,” Reynolds snapped, “I recommend that you shut up and pay attention.” The objective marker included with the Bannon's Boys army deal represents the command post of Team Yankee's battalion commander, Lt. Col. George Reynolds, CO of the 3rd of the 78th Infantry, known somewhat affectionately as 'Blue Six'. Pre-order Bannon's Boys in the Online Store...

With the end of the Second World War in 1945, many hoped peace would follow. Instead, for forty years, East and West have faced off across armed borders. Now it's 1985, and the Cold War just got hot! Team Yankee brings to life the 1980s conflict that could have been, in miniature on your tabletop...

The M577 is a variant of the M113 personnel carrier, configured for use as a command and control vehicle at battalion and brigade level. It featured a modular tent, carried on the top rear, which could be deployed from the rear of the vehicle to create greater work space. Designed by Evan Allen & James Brown Painted by Aaron Mathie

Above and below: The modular command post tent was designed to allow multiple M577s to be connected together to form a larger tactical operations centre. So if you have two army deal boxes, the CP is positioned on the base to allow you to position two (or even three) together, perhaps representing a brigade-level CP. The M577 was also used as an, so you could decide to paint the objective as a battalion aid station.