If your commander signs off, you'll have been granted leave, and your form is then forwarded to S1, and you can sign out on leave at battalion staff duty the day your leave begins. Usually the decision is made at the platoon level whether you get to go on leave.
Defect definition, a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection: a defect in an argument; a defect in a machine. See more.
defect. 1  n a failing or deficiency. 2  n a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) 3  n an imperfection in a bodily system. 4  n an imperfection in an object or machine. 5  v desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.