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INFO: Full form for TEK is Teleengineering Kit in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for SZE is Security Zone Entry in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for SXQ is Military Secure Closed-circuit Television in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for VRU is Voice Response Unit in Military and Defence category
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The Vermont National Guard is composed of the Vermont Army National Guard and the Vermont Air National Guard. Together, they are collectively known as the Green Mountain Boys. Both units use the original Revolutionary War-era Flag of the Green Mountain Boys as their banner. Their strength in 2009 was 2,660.

INFO: Full form for VRA is Veterans Readjustment Appointment in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for VRA is Value Recovered Asset in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for VLA is Visual Landing Aid in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for VLA is Very Low Altitude in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for VLA is Vertical Launch Asroc in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for VRL is Virtual Reality Laboratory in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for VAK is Naval Aerial Refueling Squadron in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for VLA is Vertical Line Array in Military and Defence category
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The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the UK's armed services, it is consequently known as the Senior Service.

From the middle decades of the 17th century, and through the 18th century, the Royal Navy vied with the Dutch Navy and later with the French Navy for maritime supremacy. From the mid 18th century, it was the world's most powerful navy until the Second World War. The Royal Navy played a key part in establishing and defending the British Empire. Owing to this historical prominence, it is common, even among non-Britons, to refer to it as "the Royal Navy" without qualification. Following World War I, it was significantly reduced in size, although at the onset of World War II it was still the world's largest. During the Cold War, the Royal Navy transformed into a primarily anti-submarine force, hunting for Soviet submarines and mostly active in the GIUK gap. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, its focus has returned to expeditionary operations around the world and it remains one of the world's foremost blue-water navies.

The Royal Navy maintains a fleet of technologically sophisticated ships, submarines, and aircraft, including two aircraft carriers, two amphibious transport docks, four ballistic missile submarines (which maintain the nuclear deterrent), six nuclear fleet submarines, six guided missile destroyers, 12 frigates, 11 mine-countermeasure vessels and 26 patrol vessels. As of August 2021, there are 75 operational commissioned ships (including submarines as well as one historic ship, HMS Victory) in the Royal Navy, plus 11 ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA); there are also five Merchant Navy ships available to the RFA under a private finance initiative. The RFA replenishes Royal Navy warships at sea, and augments the Royal Navy's amphibious warfare capabilities through its three Bay-class landing ship vessels. It also works as a force multiplier for the Royal Navy, often doing patrols that frigates used to do.

The Royal Navy is part of Her Majesty's Naval Service, which also includes the Royal Marines. The professional head of the Naval Service is the First Sea Lord who is an admiral and member of the Defence Council of the United Kingdom. The Defence Council delegates management of the Naval Service to the Admiralty Board, chaired by the Secretary of State for Defence. The Royal Navy operates from three bases in Britain where commissioned ships and submarines are based: Portsmouth, Clyde and Devonport, the last being the largest operational naval base in Western Europe, as well as two naval air stations, RNAS Yeovilton and RNAS Culdrose where maritime aircraft are based.

Black tie is a semi-formal Western dress code for evening events, originating in British and American conventions for attire in the 19th century. In British English, the dress code is often referred to synecdochically by its principal element for men, the dinner suit or dinner jacket. In American English the equivalent term tuxedo (or tux) is common. The dinner suit is a black, midnight blue or white two- or three-piece suit, distinguished by satin or grosgrain jacket lapels and similar stripes along the outseam of the trousers. It is worn with a white dress shirt with standing or turndown collar and link cuffs, a black bow tie, typically an evening waistcoat or a cummerbund, and black patent leather dress shoes or court pumps. Accessories may include a semi-formal homburg, bowler, or boater hat. For women, an evening gown or other fashionable evening attire may be worn.

The first dinner jacket is traditionally traced to 1865 on the then Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII (1841–1910). The late 19th century saw gradual introduction of the lounge jacket without tails as a less formal and more comfortable leisure alternative to the frock coat. Similarly, the shorter dinner jacket evolved as a less formal alternative to the dress coat out of the informal smoking jacket, itself derived from out of the banyan. Thus in many non-English languages, a dinner jacket is still known as the false friend "smoking". In American English, its synonym "tuxedo" was derived from the village of Tuxedo Park in New York State, where it was introduced in 1886 following the example of Europeans. Following the counterculture of the 1960s, black tie has increasingly replaced white tie for more formal settings in the United States, along with cultures influenced by American culture.

Traditionally worn only for events after 6 p.m., black tie is less formal than white tie but more formal than informal or business dress. As semi-formal, black tie are worn for dinner parties (public, fraternities, private) and sometimes even to balls and weddings, although etiquette experts discourage wearing of black tie for weddings. Traditional semi-formal day wear equivalent is black lounge suit. Supplementary semi-formal alternatives may be accepted for black tie: mess dress uniform, religious clothing (such as cassock), folk costumes (such as highland dress), etc.

INFO: Full form for TUA is Tow Under Armor in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for TVI is Technical Validation Inspection in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for LGP is Low Ground Pressure in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for LMO is Logistics Management Office in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for LGH is Launched Grapnel Hook in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for LMD is Logistics Maintenance Demonstration in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for LGB is Laser-guided Bomb in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for LHN is Long Haul Network in Military and Defence category
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Lock and Load or Lock 'N Load may refer to:

INFO: Full form for KYA is Khmer Youth Association in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for KVG is Key Variable Generator in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for MLU is Mid-life Update in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for MOG is Maximum On Ground in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for MOG is Maximum (aircraft) On Ground in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for MOG is Movement On Ground (aircraft) in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for MOG is Maximum On The Ground in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for MOG is Multinational Observer Group in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for MOG is Men of Gray in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for MQS is Military Qualification Standards in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for MQS is Military Qualification Skills in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for NOG is Nuclear Operations Group in Military and Defence category
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The Next-Generation Bomber (NGB; unofficially called 2018 Bomber) was a program to develop a new medium bomber for the United States Air Force. The NGB was initially projected to enter service around 2018 as a stealthy, subsonic, medium-range, medium payload bomber to supplement and possibly—to a limited degree—replace the U.S. Air Force's aging bomber fleet (B-52 Stratofortress and B-1 Lancer). The NGB program was superseded by the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) heavy bomber program.

The National Guard Bureau is the federal instrument responsible for the administration of the National Guard established by the United States Congress as a joint bureau of the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force. It was created by the Militia Act of 1903. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, elevated the National Guard to a joint function of the Department of Defense. This act also elevated the Chief of the National Guard Bureau from Lieutenant General (Three Stars) to General (Four Stars) with the appointment of General Craig R. McKinley, U.S. Air Force. The National Guard Bureau holds a unique status as both a staff and operation agency.

INFO: Full form for NRD is Naval Reserve District in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for MWG is Mobilization Working Group in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for MWG is Media Working Group in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for MWG is Methods Working Group in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for PHA is Preliminary Hazard Analysis in Military and Defence category
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INFO: Full form for PHA is Physical Health Assessment in Military and Defence category
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