Sentence examples for were ordered to stand down from inspiring English sources

According to some accounts (including those of the contractors themselves), they begged for permission to rescue Stevens and his staff, but were ordered to "stand down".

We were ordered to stand down and let the 501st, the paratrooper unit who "owned" Bergdahl, take over the search.

Morell also debunks the Republicans' more sensational allegation that the C.I.A. and U.S. military "were ordered to stand down and not come to the rescue of their comrades".

Syrian border guards were ordered to stand down, and on the Iraqi side, there were no border guards, or very few at least, left after the invasion.

Instead, when Iraqi attack helicopters and elite troops began butchering their own people, coalition forces were ordered to stand down.

Mr. Hicks, a 22-year diplomat who was in Tripoli the night of the attacks, told committee staff members in a five-hour interview last month that the four commandos were ready to board an aircraft from there but were ordered to stand down.

An hour later I'm ordered to stand down as another body searcher takes over.

An agent stationed upstairs apparently responded to the shooting, but was ordered to stand down by a supervisor who said no shots were fired.

Most of RAF Bomber Command was ordered to stand down accordingly.

A colleague described Gibson as being "furious" at the time at having been ordered to "stand down".

With no action taken, Stauffenberg safely extracts himself and the bomb from the bunker, and the Reserve Army is ordered to stand down, believing that the mobilization was training.