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STRIKING PROCEDURES-CONT.
NOTE
To ease disassembly, the walls may be removed after the tent frame is
lowered.
c.
Lowering the Frame.
(1) Release the locking pins and collapse the telescoping center legs on each side of the tent. Lock them into
the fully collapsed positions.
(2)
Lower the corner legs one side at a time. Pull out the locking pins and lower legs to their fully collapsed
position. Be sure that the feet of the legs are pointing toward the center leg (lengthwise of the tent).
d.
Roof Cap Section.
(1) Release the buckles, located on the underside of the roof cap. There are a total of eight, four on each
side.
(2)
Two soldiers, one on each corner, lift the roof cap over the frame corners and over the peak of the ridge
pole and roll it as tightly as possible towards the center of the tent frame.
(3)
Repeat above steps one and two for the opposite end of the roof cap.
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