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APCA may refer to: * Advanced Perceptual Contrast Algorithm * Agrupación de Comandos Anfibios (Amphibious Commandos Group), a special operations force of the Argentine Marine Corps * Arthur – Pieman Conservation Area, in Tasmania, Australia * Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte, arts award organization based in São Paulo, Brazil * Australian Payments Clearing Association {{disambiguation ...
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Agrupación De Comandos Anfibios
The Amphibious Commandos Group ( es, Agrupación de Comandos Anfibios, APCA) is a special operations force of the Argentine Marine Corps. Role Trained to perform quick and objective amphibious reconnaissance, assault raids, and direct action operations. Training The amphibious command course lasts 1 year and is physically and mentally exhausting. 95% of applicants do not succeed. Training course consists of the: *amphibious warfare course *mountain warfare course *parachute course Operatives are also trained as demolitions experts, multiple weapons experts and trained in Close quarters combat. History It was created in 1952 as the Vigilance and Security Company of Submarine Bases (at Base Naval Mar del Plata). In 1960 the group received its first advanced training course of amphibious reconnaissance, airborne, and HALO/HAHO parachuting in the Military Diving School and in the Argentine Army. With the personnel of the 7th Marine Corps Company, formed in 1966 the Amp ...
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Arthur – Pieman Conservation Area
The Arthur–Pieman Conservation Area (APCA) stretches along West Coast Tasmania, covering over . Much of the reserve is between the Arthur River in the north, the Pieman River in the south and the Frankland and Donaldson Rivers to the east. It is a dynamic landscape which is being continually reshaped by wind, fire and water. The area has a rich Aboriginal heritage which has left markers in the landscape, such as middens A midden (also kitchen midden or shell heap) is an old dump for domestic waste which may consist of animal bone, human excrement, botanical material, mollusc shells, potsherds, lithics (especially debitage), and other artifacts and ecof ..., hut depressions, artefact scatters and rock art. These special places and their associated cultural landscapes show that Aboriginal people in the past had a special relationship with the land - a relationship which continues with Aboriginal people today. The Arthur–Pieman Conservation Area provides a rang ...
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Associação Paulista De Críticos De Arte
The Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte (São Paulo Association of Art Critics) or APCA (established 1956) is an organization based in São Paulo, Brazil which honors the best in the Brazilian fields of stage acting (since 1956), music, literature, film, television, plastic arts (since 1972/1973), and radio (since 1980). See also * APCA Award for Best Film References External links *APCAat the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... Brazilian awards Brazilian literary awards Awards established in 1956 Arts organisations based in Brazil 1956 establishments in Brazil {{organization-stub ...
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