Stand up (military)

Stand up (military)

Stand up or stand-up in a military sense, is United States military terminology or jargon which means to formally activate and commission a unit, formation or command structure. The inverse would be to "stand down" the unit, which means to deactivate or decommission it.

The term can be used in a verb sense, "to stand up," past tense "stood up," but it can also be used as a noun, such as to attend the "stand up" (ceremonies), or to prepare for the "stand up" (process) of a unit. For example:

cquote|We all must understand that the Army is moving out as expeditiously as possible to stand up these additional units and create the force our regional combatant commanders require while providing a more predictable deployment expectation for our volunteer force.cite news
title=Army & FA in transition: leadership and soldier tours, FA modularity and other issues
url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IAU/is_4_9/ai_n6361790
date=2004–October 2004
publisher=FA Journal
accessdate=2007-02-10]

Examples

* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0PAA/is_3_28/ai_111464936 Signal brigade reactivates in Kuwait - Leader Transitions]
* [http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/01/MCendstrength070116/ Corps to stand up new units] Marine Corps News
* [http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2001/n10042001_200110044.html Marines to Stand Up Anti-Terror Brigade] U.S. Department of Defense
* [http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep2004/n09202004_2004092002.html Afghan Army's Kandahar Regional Command Stands Up] U.S. Department of Defense
* [http://www.emilitary.org/article.php?aid=7235 New aggressor unit will stand up in Alaska]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/library/news/2003/space-030502-army-spacebrigade.htm Army's first space brigade stands up] U.S. Army

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