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His father, a retired navy man, spent a year in the 1970s garrisoning Philippine-occupied Thitu Island.

From Washington Times • May 2, 2023

I am not saying that garrisoning South Vietnam with ground troops would have made the war a sensible enterprise.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

One source, the Chandos Herald, says there were 300 men garrisoning the town.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2014

All have stepped up sea and air patrols as well as garrisoning isolated atolls and floating patrol bases.

From Reuters • Oct. 1, 2012

There is, however, one regiment from Illinois, all the officers being colored, from the colonel down, who have been sent to assist in the garrisoning of Santiago de Cuba.

From Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro by Fowler, Charles H.