The Great Tent Pause of 2023

Adult Staff The Staff Mess
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Who had pausing tents for march?

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Seen.

Not quite sure it’s a bingo, but certainly on the list of things I wasn’t expecting…

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Pausing with Intent?
Leadership with intent?

What is a mark one tent anyway?

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Think the mark one tent is a cave…

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is the pun intended (or should that be intented)??

it does seem like a subtle way to canx RIAT if they can’t use the tents…

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Nice they released that at 3pm on a Friday. If my event hadn’t been cancelled because of the rain i would have had 2 hours notice of a problem that I know was released earlier in the week.

Now, WTH am i going to do with 3 12x12s I can’t use?

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The real beauty of the note is that even if we had one of these tents, I would have no idea. My tent recognition is clearly well below the required standard.

Is there an ultilearn course?

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Sell the covers to the private market?

Respray them as Mk3?

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No. It’s just guess work.

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Why has it taken this long?

I got told, via a friend, on tuesday…

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There is no way of telling as far as I can see. Especially not if there are 2 different Mk3 types and one is compliant and one isnt.

Yet another absolute joke of a situation, brought to you by Tony Keeling.

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Coming soon to an ACTO 099 near you

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Reading this, we all have no hope.

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Not Tonys fault. This has come from MOD.

Canvas ones are a no go, PVC are what you need.

Ive got x2 12x12s and going to have to think of how to replace them.

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Yeah, but at least someone in our chain should have translated this from MOD supply officer language to something approximating English.

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Who’s going to have the knowledge to enforce it? The wing tent recognition officer?

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The order isn’t. The fact it has taken 4 days to get to us, as an urgent safety announcement, is his fault.

Anyone got any replacement suggestions?

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Just get the later versions? The canvases are usually cheaper than the poles in my experience, the poles are cross compatible.

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Normally deploy out in an FT ex, and put a few 12x12s up in a barn for sleeping areas for the newbies.

Plus segregated male/female areas.

Now need a new plan…

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But given no one seems to be able to identify which version is which, how can I go to a seller and know what I’m getting?

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