1.   That night, in the damp gloom of the mess tent, Goshawk Squadron got good and drunk.

2.   An elephant is saddled with the gigantic mess tent.

3.   Huckaby hauled a big barbecue smoker from home to help run the mess tent for his troop from Laurens, S.C.

4.   Nouvelle cuisine dinners served in candlelit mess tents by Masai waiters with impossibly high cheekbones.

5.   The mess tent, where some had begun to eat, was obliterated.

6.   The other mess tent has counters for stand-up dining.

7.   The victims of the accident were milling in and around the mess tent when the shells exploded, sending metal flying.

8.   Rhoden and several friends talked about their new combat duty while taking refuge from the hot sun in a relatively spacious mess tent.