Garrison Regiment

### Purpose

* Guarding and maintaining the Walls and other military installations on Paradis Island
* Handle civilian evacuation
* Manning/Cleaning/Fixing the cannons on the Wall
* Charge of refueling, ammunition, and other aiding jobs

### Affiliation

Royal Government (Formerly)* The Military (Formerly)

The Eldian Kaiserreich (Currently)

* Eldische Heer (Currently)

### Notable Members

* Kitz Woermann
* Hannes
* Rico Brzenska
* Anka Rheinberger
* Gustav

The **Garrison Regiment** is the largest of the Military divisions which protects and maintains order within the Walls. Given the fatality rate of the Scout Regiment and the limited entry of the Military Police Regiment, most soldiers join the Garrison. As they often have close contact with both Titans and human civilians, they are proficient over a wide variety of tasks such as Titan combat (defensive battles), cannons, security detail, crowd control, and rifle usage.

## Duty

The Garrison takes care of all defences for the Walls whether it be patrols, repairs, or improvements. As such, they spend most of their time preparing for attacks against the Wall. The Garrison mans the cannons on the Wall that are often used for long-range Titan defense. They must also deal with civilian evacuation and have emergency plans for dealing with scenarios for when the Walls are breached to make sure the citizens are evacuated safely.

## Structure

The Garrison is the largest of the three branches, with a total of 30,000 soldiers in 850, and a total of nearly 270,000 soldiers by the year 854. Members of the Cadet Corps are considered in this total until their graduation and enlistment in a chosen branch. However, in early 850 total number of combat-ready personnel is a mere 3rd of this total, at 10,000 soldiers. In late 850, following the Eldian Civil War, this was changed to where all members of the Garrison were combat ready personnel, regardless of station.

Their structure consists of Regiments, Brigades, and Divisions. A regiment is the smallest unit, consisting of 1000 soldiers. A Brigade consists of anywhere between 2,000 and 3,000 soldiers, or 2-3 regiments. And finally, the largest units are Divisions, which consist of 2 Brigades.

The Garrison also has an Engineering Corps who are in charge of refueling, ammunition, and other aiding jobs. The Engineering Corps does not have an insignia, they instead wear the same uniform as regular Garrison soldiers. In case of many casualties during a battle, the Engineering Corps will be deployed. During the struggle for Trost, the Engineering Corps was in the Headquarters refueling ODM gear gas tanks.

## Qualities

Being the main fighting force of the omni-directional mobility gear soldiers, the men and women of the Garrison come from all backgrounds and views. Some of those who joined are afraid of dying or unwilling to give their lives for what they believe to be foolish causes. Others are devoted to the protection of mankind, or joined to protect loved ones from the threat of Titans. The Garrison has also given rise to imaginative and magnetic men like Dot Pyxis, who can successfully motivate their subordinates to do their duty in the face of incredible odds.

Before the fall of Wall Maria due to a horrific Titan raid, the quality of the troops was divided, lazy, undisciplined, and unreliable; only slightly better than the Military Police Regiment. Like them, most joined just to avoid working in the farms and fields and enjoyed drinking alcohol on duty.

All of that changed after Wall Maria fell, when the Garrison faced the problems of doing their job as soldiers. Since then, the Garrison has become innovative, tactical/strategic, and disciplined. They also led the mission to seal the gate and recapture Trost, which was successful, and was humanity's first ever victory against the Titans. This branch is currently the second most reliable military branch along with the Scout Regiment.

Members of the Garrison usually work by themselves but will assist the Scout Regiment when needed, as seen during the Battle of Trost, the Eldian Civil War, and the 1st Joint Branch Expedition.

It has been noted by Erwin Smith that due to their contact with Titans, the southern division of the Garrison is notably more reliable and better prepared than their counterparts stationed in the interior.