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Operation Stand Down Rhode Island reopened a historic Woonsocket property on Nov. 27 as a transitional home for homeless female veterans.The house was named in honor of the late Marine Cpl. Andrea ...
New program to help Rhode Island veterans and families with mental health and overall well-being. In 2020, 14 Rhode Island veterans died by suicide. New program wants to reduce that number
Operation Stand Down is a United States non-profit organization providing social services to United States Armed Forces veterans, helping them transition into civilian life. It has chapters across the United States, with one in Nashville, Tennessee , among the most prominent.
If you have put yourselves in harm's way for our great country, thank you for your service.
The expression "boots on the ground" is an example of synecdoche which has an extended military-jargon history. It certainly dates back at least to British officer Robert Grainger Ker Thompson, strategist of the British counter-insurgency efforts against the Malayan National Liberation Army during the Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 (see entry).
Definition and Citation, Boots on the Ground, Double-Tongued Dictionary; Boots on the Ground, The New York Times Magazine, On Language: Let's Do This, by William Safire, 7 November 2008; Women in the Line of Fire: What You Should Know About Women in the Military, by Erin Solaro; foreword by Volney F. Warner, USA (Ret.), pp. v-vi
Here's why South Kingstown is paying tribute to Civil War brigadier general and native son Isaac Peace Rodman.
Ground arms: Servicemen bring their rifles to the ground. Trail arms : Servicemen bring their grip from the pistol grip to the carrying handle of the rifle in order to carry the rifle horizontally Sling arms : If the soldiers have a "sling" (strap) on their rifles, then this command can be called.