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.
A defect is a fault or imperfection in a person or thing. He was born with a hearing defect. ...a defect in the aircraft caused the crash. A report has pointed out the defects of the present system. If you defect, you leave your country, political party, or other group, and join an opposing country, party, or group. He tried to defect to the West last year. [V + to/from]