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A Garrison is a grouping of soldiers in a town, be they places such as Tidworth or Larkhill, or places such as Basra.

Garrisons are maintained in both places, but in the first two cases they are training garrisions, or just concentrations of troops in one particular area. The last place is a grouping of soldiers in a hostile area where their purpose is really to maintain the peace.

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