What is a Stand Down?
Stand Down is a military term designating that a combat unit has temporarily moved out of the field and back to base camp for rest and rehabilitation.
Homeless veterans are, in some ways, comparable to soldiers in a war zone – living exposed in the field, surviving by their wits with limited rations, and enduring extreme conditions.
Today, Stand Down refers to a time when our homeless veterans can remove themselves from the combat of the streets... learn more