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A three-letter acronym (TLA), or three-letter abbreviation, is as the phrase suggests an abbreviation consisting of three letters. The abbreviation for TLA, TLA, has a special status among abbreviations and to some is humorous since abbreviations that are three-letters long are very common and TLA is, in fact, a TLA. TLA is autological.
Commodore (Cmdre; French: commodore [cmdre]) is a Canadian Forces rank used by commissioned officers of the Royal Canadian Navy. Brigadier-general is the equivalent rank in the Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force.
According to Canadian Forces Dress Instructions, the Monarch or their representative (the Governor General) may wear the uniform and corresponding cap/hat badge of a flag/general officer, with a special flag/general officer sleeve braid embellished with the governor general's badge, and a large embroidered governor general's badge on the shoulder straps or boards, facing forward.
Any athlete who is the captain of a Canadian national team. A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Ryan Smyth, Canadian hockey player; Dwayne De Rosario footballer, and former captain of Toronto FC; Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player; Michael Saunders, Canadian baseball player; Milos Raonic, Canadian tennis player and 2016 Wimbledon ...
Captain is a rank in the Canadian Armed Forces for officers who wear the army, air force, or special operations uniform. It is the highest rank of junior officer, above lieutenant and below major. [1] The equivalent rank for officers who wear the navy uniform is lieutenant (N). [1] The naval rank of captain (N) corresponds to colonel. When the ...
Highlighted rows indicate those entries in which the three-letter codes differ from column to column. The last column indicates the number of codes present followed by letters to indicate which codes are present (O for Olympic, F for FIFA, and I for ISO) and dashes when a code is absent; capital letters indicate codes which match; lower case ...
Francisco Franco Bahamonde [f] [g] (born Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish military general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975 as a dictator, assuming ...
On 31 January 1926 Franco, aged 33, became the youngest general in all of Europe. In January 1928 he was then chosen to direct the newly formed General Military Academy in Zaragoza . From 19 May 1935 to 23 February 1936, Franco was elevated to Chief of Army Staff before the 1936 election moved the leftist Popular Front into power, relegating ...