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.
legal Definition of defect : something or a lack of something that results in incompleteness, inadequacy, or imperfection: as a: a flaw in something (as a product) especially that creates an unreasonable risk of harm in its normal use â see also latent defect