"Garrison (various spellings) (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip") is the collective term for any body of troops stationed in a ...
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particular location, originally to guard it, but now often simply using it as a home base.The garrison is usually in a city, town, fort, castle, ship or similar. "Garrison town" is a common expression for any town that has a military base nearby." - (en.wikipedia.org 03.11.2019)