Noun : a stand-down for the Christmas holidays. From Dictionary.com.
After nightfall, Kang ordered a complete standdown. From Wordnik.com. [The Doom Brigade]
OpEdNews - Quicklink: ACC orders commandwide standdown Friday. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: ACC orders commandwide standdown Friday -] Reference
BROWNLEE: Well what you can expect is the crew will get a chance to enjoy about a 30-day standdown. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 6, 2003] Reference
In Iraq, U.S. troops in Najaf resumed combat operations following a brief standdown for negotiations. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2004] Reference
After the very badly handled initial contact, Howell had 51 days to surrender or arrange a standdown. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Bachmann: Bill Clinton Is Trying To ‘Celebrate’ The Oklahoma City Bombing And ‘Take [Me] Out’] Reference
Those who would oppose these efforts are not going to take a standdown, and we wouldn't anticipate one either. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2001] Reference
And the web site is called standdown. org if you want to find out more about him and all the great work that Roy Foster is doing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2009] Reference
Further, after initial resistance in which law enforcement was not only resisted but killed, it would not have been feasible to standdown. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Waco] Reference
As a result of these three incidents, all of which occurred within just the last few hours, I'm calling on the industry to cease production activities immediately and go into a mine safety standdown. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2006] Reference
And once that 30-day standdown period is complete, they'll probably have to go into some type of period where they off-load, you know, all the munitions, if they did bring any back from their deployment. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 6, 2003] Reference
They also faced an uncertain near-term future that included a shuttle fleet composed of only three orbiters, a shuttle flight standdown of unknown duration, and equally uncertain impacts on the completion and use of the International Space. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: June 2004 Archives] Reference
To the south, neither Taipei nor Beijing looks eager to heed Washington's pleas for a standdown from their war of words since Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui's incendiary comments in early July, when he seemed to edge the province toward independence. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Who?] Reference
BROWNLEE: No. Like I said, the standdown allows about 50 percent of the crew to go away on leave while the other 50 percent will stay behind making sure that you know, watching the ship systems, making sure it's safe, during the normal routine that takes place on board a ship. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 6, 2003] Reference
Though a Sadr standdown order resolved the situation to a degree, the flare-up also highlighted the destructive role Iran has played in funding, training, arming and directing the so-called special groups and generated renewed concern about Iran in the minds of many Iraqi leaders. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2008] Reference
STS-132 will have an opening window of six days, prior to an automatic 10 day standdown if that opportunity is missed. From Wordnik.com. [NASASpaceFlight.com] Reference
The main focus of late has been on Hyper Load / Adjustments and Ordnance Disconnects, following the standdown from her Pad 39B STS-400 LON (Launch On Need) requirement. From Wordnik.com. [NASASpaceFlight.com] Reference
"We had an extensive training standdown in January where all recruit division commanders and support staff were taught the wear, care and proper stowage of it," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Navy Times - News] Reference
Again Griffin shows that the 9 / 11 Commission has distorted and suppressed evidence for the evident standdown of the air defense system, principally by creating a new timeline of events. From Wordnik.com. [- 911truth.org] Reference
To help combat the climb in numbers of motorcycle accidents, Training Support Center (TSC) San Diego recently held a motorcycle safety standdown to help educate Sailors on motorcycle safety. From Wordnik.com. [San Diego's Official Navy Newspaper - Navy Compass] Reference
The post-Surge standdown is farther along than is generally appreciated, as shown by the ability of MND-C to absorb huge new swathes of territory while still standing down major Coalition partners. From Wordnik.com. [THE IRATE NATION] Reference
YB / DAP has to make a decision whether to go along with Anwar's plan and directive to Perak's MB not to standdown in relation to the Ruler's request - and to persist ion the standoff resulting in constitutional crisis. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Malaysia] Reference
Another prominent belief is that the Pentagon was hit by a missile launched by elements from inside the US governmen or that a commercial airliner was allowed to do so via an effective standdown of the American military. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
The reason for short weeks/standdown afternoons whilst in camp is that a true "in camp" week probably happened for at most one week in 6 over the year year once you make allowance for Ops, exercises, RAAT, courses, duties etc. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
But these tapes were never produced until 2004, after the glaring holes in the Pentagon's defense against the charge of a standdown had become evident, and are probable fakes, which Griffin shows would have been easy to produce. From Wordnik.com. [- 911truth.org] Reference
Maybe since NORAD was told to standdown on 9/11/01 and totally confused by all of the wargames that they were running on that day which took most of our air defense away from the east coast and put them on training missions up in Canada and Alaska. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
According to Event Coordinator, Navy Career Counselor 1st Class Lisa Greathouse, the purpose of the motorcycle safety standdown was not only to provide motorcycle riders with training and information on motorcycle safety, but the applicable California laws and Navy regulations. From Wordnik.com. [San Diego's Official Navy Newspaper - Navy Compass] Reference
NASA reviews SRB upgrades at STS-125 FRR - Outlines STS-119 event STS-125: Weekend work focusing on radiator repair ahead of launch countdown STS-125: Radiator repair working two cracks, FRCS inspections, Swine Flu plan Endeavour waits for STS-400 standdown - STS-125 flies through EVA-3. From Wordnik.com. [NASASpaceFlight.com] Reference
Including two Special PRCBs (Program Requirement Control Board) meetings, the launch date was delayed until managers and engineers were certain they had the right amount of confidence in flying the three FCVs on Discovery - without the requirement to standdown for a redesign, which some engineers had been calling for. From Wordnik.com. [NASASpaceFlight.com] Reference
As far as the nuclear standdown and disarmament is concerned, of course they’re pleased with that. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Joint Chiefs Stand And Applaud Obama’s Nuclear Comments, Sit Silently During Call To Repeal DADT] Reference
I think this opposition must be a factor in the White House’s possible standdown to McCain and company. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Kondrake: Rice and Hughes Convince Bush To Drop ‘Islamic Fascism’ From Speeches] Reference
Well, I hope we’ll know more about the standdown in the AP Affair, but I’m glad and not a bit surprised that hostilities have ceased. From Wordnik.com. [Nevermind « BuzzMachine] Reference
Horsey, I don’t share your evident assumption that Gul’s first sentence, about “logistic support in the area,” is simply a prelude to the remark about the air defense standdown. From Wordnik.com. [gul talks to alex jones] Reference
That was the ominous part: first they drilled all their flight crews to perfection and then they went to a standdown maintenance period to make sure that every bird and every instrument was also fully operational" What were they doing now?. From Wordnik.com. [Red Storm Rising]
ACC orders commandwide standdown Friday. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: ACC orders commandwide standdown Friday -] Reference
This standdown was held to help inform Sailors on motorcycle safety. ". From Wordnik.com. [San Diego's Official Navy Newspaper - Navy Compass] Reference
Glenn Beck told his audience to standdown and allow a "power grab" by the Executive Branch to happen "out in the open. From Wordnik.com. [Prison Planet.com] Reference
If you're interested, the story can be found here: nation's estimated 200,000 homeless veterans "combat" life on the streets http://www. vvsd.net/standdown. htm. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
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