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.
In other words, a defect is an error in coding or logic that causes a program to malfunction or to produce incorrect/unexpected results. 1  A program that contains a large number of bugs is said to be buggy. 2  Reports detailing bugs in software are known as bug reports.