I always figured “stand down” was the opposite and countermand of “stand to.”
Cute, but I was referring to the way the MSM and FReepers bandy it about. The first, and ONLY, time I heard it QUOTED WRT Benghazi was from Herridge when she was reporting on what had happened in the CIA annex during the start of the first attack. After that, MSM, politicians, FReepers and everyone started attributing that term to all manner of people in all manner of circumstances.