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Stand-Down is Authorised Absence from duty granted by a CO in excess of the normal allowance. Stand-downs are a management tool to reward Service personnel and to provide an incentive. Such stand-downs are not to be deducted from the Annual Leave Allowance.
As a Service person living in SFA, have you ever had to take leave to wait at home for a contractor? If so, please answer 'yes' and click on the brown ‘Have your Say’ block and let us know how much leave you have lost this way in the last 12 months.