Veterans came to the Colorado Springs City Auditorium for an annual Veterans Stand-down where homeless veterans can receive services, food, winter clothes and haircuts on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Nathan Albaugh follows Russel Lundy through the Veterans Stand Down in the Colorado Springs City Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Lundy, an active duty serviceman at Peterson Air Force Base, was paired with Albaugh to help guide him through the densely packed maze of services and offerings.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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David Ivey tries on winter gloves at the Veterans Stand Down in the Colorado Springs City Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Ivey is an artist and finished a year of Graphic Design school on the GI Bill.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Nathan Albaugh, left, laughs while getting his hair trimmed at the Veterans Stand Down in the Colorado Springs City Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Joe Tustin looks at a fleece jacket to see if it would fit at the Veterans Stand Down in the Colorado Springs City Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Tustin came to the event to get winter clothes and to be tested for medical problems.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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David Ivey, right, shakes hands with a volunteer who got him a warm fleece jacket at the Veterans Stand Down at the Colorado Springs City Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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David Ivey, front, hugs Roger Stewart after the Veterans Stand Down in the Colorado Springs City Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Stewart, who guided Ivey through he event, received help from some of the groups at the stand down when he arrived in Colorado and now volunteers to give back.



(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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David Ivey laughs with a volunteer while getting winter clothes at the Veterans Stand Down in the Colorado Springs City Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Veterans came to the Colorado Springs City Auditorium for an annual Veterans Stand-down where homeless veterans can receive services, food, winter clothes and haircuts on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Veterans came to the Colorado Springs City Auditorium for an annual Veterans Stand-down where homeless veterans can receive services, food, winter clothes and haircuts on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Veterans came to the Colorado Springs City Auditorium for an annual Veterans Stand-down where homeless veterans can receive services, food, winter clothes and haircuts on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Veterans came to the Colorado Springs City Auditorium for an annual Veterans Stand-down where homeless veterans can receive services, food, winter clothes and haircuts on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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David Ivey, right, hugs his guide Roger Stewart after lunch the Veterans Stand Down in the Colorado Springs City Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. All the veterans attending the Stand Down were given an active serviceman or a volunteering veteran as a guide through the process; once they were done Stewart gave Ivey a few dollars to help out.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Joe Tustin tries on winter gloves at the Veterans Stand Down in the Colorado Springs City Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. The stand-down gives homeless vets access to services as well as getting them necessary items to make it through the winter.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Veterans came to the Colorado Springs City Auditorium for an annual Veterans Stand-down where homeless veterans can receive services, food, winter clothes and haircuts on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Veterans came to the Colorado Springs City Auditorium for an annual Veterans Stand-down where homeless veterans can receive services, food, winter clothes and haircuts on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Veterans came to the Colorado Springs City Auditorium for an annual Veterans Stand-down where homeless veterans can receive services, food, winter clothes and haircuts on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Veterans came to the Colorado Springs City Auditorium for an annual Veterans Stand-down where homeless veterans can receive services, food, winter clothes and haircuts on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Veterans came to the Colorado Springs City Auditorium for an annual Veterans Stand-down where homeless veterans can receive services, food, winter clothes and haircuts on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Veterans came to the Colorado Springs City Auditorium for an annual Veterans Stand-down where homeless veterans can receive services, food, winter clothes and haircuts on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Veterans came to the Colorado Springs City Auditorium for an annual Veterans Stand-down where homeless veterans can receive services, food, winter clothes and haircuts on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Nathan Albaugh, left, gets a hair cut from volunteers at the Veterans Stand Down in the Colorado Springs City Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. The Stand Down gets homeless and needy veterans interacting with services available to help them, outfits them for winter and trims them up if they want it.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Rich Lewis, left, helps Nathan Albaugh with the application form at the Veterans Stand Down in the Colorado Springs City Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. After filling out information about what services the veterans are registered for and what needs they might have, they were paired with active-duty servicemen who helped them through the stand-down.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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David Ivey, right, laughs while getting new winter clothes at the Veterans Stand Down in the Colorado Springs City Auditrium on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Ivey was wearing four shirts and two pairs of pants to keep warm when he arrived.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Joe Tustin steps out of a sound booth at a hearing test station at the Veterans Stand Down in the Colorado Springs City Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Several different kinds of health tests were available at the event such as hearing, hepatitis C, and oral cancer screenings.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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David Ivey tells Roger Stewart about his life, and some of the challenges of being homeless over a meal at the Veterans Stand Down in the Colorado Springs City Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Though he is homeless right now Ivey is an artist and wants a space where he can make and sell his work.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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David Ivey picks out jeans at the Veterans Stand Down in the Colorado Springs City Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Backpacks, clothes, hygiene products, boots and winter gear were available for homeless veterans to help them get through the cold weather.


(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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David Ivey pulls on new boots he received at the Veterans Stand Down in the Colorado Springs City Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. His other boots were supposed to be waterproof, but when he stepped in a puddle his foot was soaked.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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