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INFO: Full form for T-JTB is Theater-Joint Transportation Board in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for V/H is Velocity-to-Height in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for U/V is Under Voltage in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for T-JMC is Theater-Joint Movement Center in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for V/C is Vector Control in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for U/T/D is Under Trust Dated in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for V P-P is Voltage Peak-to-Peak in Governmental category

The United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM, U.S. AFRICOM, and AFRICOM), is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense, headquartered at Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany. It is responsible for U.S. military operations, including fighting regional conflicts and maintaining military relations with 53 African nations. Its area of responsibility covers all of Africa except Eritrea, which has denied interest of becoming a member for years. They also don't cover Egypt, which is within the area of responsibility of the United States Central Command. U.S. AFRICOM headquarters operating budget was $276 million in fiscal year 2012.

The Commander of U.S. AFRICOM reports to the Secretary of Defense. The current Commander of the U.S. Africa Command stated that the purpose of the command is to work alongside African military personnel to support their military operations. In individual countries, U.S. ambassadors continue to be the primary diplomatic representative for relations with host nations.

INFO: Full form for V&DA is Video and Data Assembly in Governmental category
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SS Wright (T-AVB-3) is one of two Aviation Logistics Support (Roll-on/Roll-off) Container Ships converted for the United States Navy in 1986. The ship honors aviation pioneers the Wright brothers.

INFO: Full form for V&DA is Video and Data Acquisition in Governmental category
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INFO: Full form for UXDC is Un- eXploded Depth Charge in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for T&V is Test and Verification in Governmental category
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INFO: Full form for U5MR is Under 5 Mortality Rate in Governmental category

Victory Day is a name of different public holidays in various countries to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history.

INFO: Full form for V-BAR is Average Velocity in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for V-CITE is Vertical-Cargo Integration Test Equipment in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for W/G is Water/Glycol in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for XF-85 is GOBLIN Experimental parasitic fighter for B-36 in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for XF-92 is Convair Model 7-002 Experimental supersonic fighter in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for W/h is Watt-Hour in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for W/M is Weight / Measurement in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for W-2 is US Internal Revenue Service form in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for W-9 is US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax form entitled "Request For Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification" in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for PR3 is Aircrew Survival Equipmentman Petty Officer 3rd Class in Governmental category
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INFO: Full form for PR (CBER) is Product Review Branch (CBER) in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for PR1 is Parachute Rigger Petty Officer 1st Class in Governmental category
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INFO: Full form for A.L.R.FED. is American Law Reports, Federal in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for A.P.P. is Additional Public Prosecutor in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for A.L.R.3D is American Law Reports, 3rd Series in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for A.L.R.5th is American Law Reports, 5th Series in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for BLAHA is Basic Load Ammunition Holding Area in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for PIVS is Property Information Verification System (District of Columbia) in Governmental category
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INFO: Full form for E-2 is Allowed to enter and work inside of U.S. based on an investment they will be controlling in Governmental category

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INFO: Full form for PR2 is Parachute Rigger Petty Officer 2nd Class in Governmental category
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INFO: Full form for E-3 is U.S. visa for citizens of Australia in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for E-ARCH is Extended Adult Residential Care Home in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for A-2 is Intelligence Staff section of United States Army Air Corps in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for A&TA is Assembly and Test Area in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for A-5 is Air Force Plans Directorate in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for A-3 is Air Force Operations Directorate in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for A-4 is Air Force Logistics Directorate in Governmental category

Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.

A coral "group" is a colony of myriad genetically identical polyps. Each polyp is a sac-like animal typically only a few millimeters in diameter and a few centimeters in height. A set of tentacles surround a central mouth opening. Each polyp excretes an exoskeleton near the base. Over many generations, the colony thus creates a skeleton characteristic of the species which can measure up to several meters in size. Individual colonies grow by asexual reproduction of polyps. Corals also breed sexually by spawning: polyps of the same species release gametes simultaneously overnight, often around a full moon. Fertilized eggs form planulae, a mobile early form of the coral polyp which when mature settles to form a new colony.

Although some corals are able to catch plankton and small fish using stinging cells on their tentacles, most corals obtain the majority of their energy and nutrients from photosynthetic unicellular dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium that live within their tissues. These are commonly known as zooxanthellae and give the coral color. Such corals require sunlight and grow in clear, shallow water, typically at depths less than 60 metres (200 feet; 33 fathoms). Corals are major contributors to the physical structure of the coral reefs that develop in tropical and subtropical waters, such as the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia. These corals are increasingly at risk of bleaching events where polyps expel the zooxanthellae in response to stress such as high water temperature or toxins.

Other corals do not rely on zooxanthellae and can live globally in much deeper water, such as the cold-water genus Lophelia which can survive as deep as 3,300 metres (10,800 feet; 1,800 fathoms). Some have been found as far north as the Darwin Mounds, northwest of Cape Wrath, Scotland, and others off the coast of Washington state and the Aleutian Islands.

INFO: Full form for EIASN is End Item Assembly Sequence Number in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for A-CDM is Airport-Collaborative-Decision-Making in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for Co Hd is Coral head in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for C OF MT is Captain Of The Maintop in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for C OF T is Captain Of Tops in Governmental category

INFO: Full form for EO(E) is Employed Employment Option in Governmental category