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Garrison (various spellings) (from the French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip") is the collective term for a body of troop

Troop

A troop is a military unit, originally a small force of cavalry, subordinate to a squadron and headed by the troop leader. A cavalry soldier of Private is called a Trooper ....
s stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, of more than 50 men, but now often simply using it as a home base. The station is usually a city

City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
, town

Town

A town is a type of human settlement ranging from a few to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition....
, fort, castle

Castle

A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. The term has a history of scholarly debate surrounding its exact meaning, but it is usually regarded as being distinct from the general terms fort or fortress in that it describes a residence of a monarch or noble and commands a specific defensive territor...
or similar. For example, the 1st Battalion, 1st Infantry (U.S.) is garrisoned at West Point

West Point, New York

West Point is a federal military reservation located North of the Highland Falls, New York in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 7,138 at the 2000 census....
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Garrison (various spellings) (from the French

French language

Troop

City

Town

Castle

West Point, New York

West Point is a federal military reservation located North of the Highland Falls, New York in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 7,138 at the 2000 census....
. Garrison town is a common expression for any town that has a military barracks

Barracks

Barracks are living quarters for personnel on a military post. They are typically very plain and all of the buildings in the housing unit are often uniform structures....
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In the modern British Army

British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
, garrison also specifically refers to any of the major military stations such as Aldershot

Aldershot

Aldershot is a town in the England county of Hampshire, located on heathland about 60 km southwest of London. The town is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council....
, Catterick

Catterick

Catterick could be*Catterick, North Yorkshire, England, commonly known as Catterick Village**Catterick Bridge, a hamlet near Catterick Village...
, Colchester

Colchester

Colchester is a town, and the largest settlement within the Colchester , in Essex, England.It has a population of List of English cities by population....
, Tidworth

Tidworth

Tidworth is a town in south-east Wiltshire, England with a growing civilian population. Situated at the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain, it is approximately 10 miles west of Andover, Hampshire, 12 miles south of Marlborough, Wiltshire, 24 miles south of Swindon, 15 miles north by north-east of Salisbury, England and 6 miles east of Amesbury....
, Warminster

Warminster

Warminster is a town in western Wiltshire, England, by-passed by the A36 road, and near Frome, Somerset and Westbury, Wiltshire. It has a population of about 17,000 and is part of the West Wiltshire district....
and London

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, which have more than one barracks or camp

Military camp

A military camp or bivouac is a semi-permanent facility for the lodging of an army. Camps are erected when a military force travels away from a major installation or fort during training or military operations, and often have the form of large campsites....
and their own military headquarters

Headquarters

Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. The corporate headquarters is the entity at the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities....
, usually commanded by a Colonel

Colonel

Colonel is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country in the world. It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures....
, Brigadier

Brigadier

Brigadier is a military Military rank, the meaning of which has a considerable variation....
or Major-General

Major General

Major General or Major-General is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of Sergeant Major General. A Major General is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of Lieutenant General and senior to the ranks of Brigadier and Brigadier General....
, assisted by a Garrison Sergeant Major

Garrison Sergeant Major

A Garrison Sergeant Major in the British Army is the senior warrant officer of a garrison and holds the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1. The GSM London District , always a Foot Guards, holds one of the four most senior WO1 appointments in the British Army, and has military ceremonial responsibility for important state occasions such as Troop...
. In Ireland, soccer has historically been termed the "garrison game" due to its connections with British military serving in Ireland.

In Israel

Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
, a garrison unit (; cheil matzav) is a regular unit defending a specified zone such as a city, a province

Province

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state....
, a castle or fortress, or even a single building.

In Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about south of Cuba, and west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated....
, garrisons are known as slum areas that are controlled by a don and his gang for political reasons or for drug control. Many slum areas in Kingston

Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston is the Capital and largest city of Jamaica and is located on the southeastern coast of the island country. It faces a natural harbor protected by the Palisadoes, a long spit which connects Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island....
, Spanish Town

Spanish Town

Spanish Town is the capital and largest city in the parish of St. Catherine, Jamaica in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica. It was the former Spanish and English capital of Jamaica from the 16th to the 19th century....
, and Montego Bay

Montego Bay

Montego Bay is the second largest city in Jamaica and is the location of Jamaica's largest airport, the Sir Donald Sangster International Airport....
have garrisons.