Author Topic: Military phonetic alphabet (Read 3001 times)

Arcades057 · « **on:** June 27, 2006, 09:06:27 PM »

Does anybody know where I can find it? You know, Alpha, Brava, Charlie...?

Octavius · « **Reply #1 on:** June 27, 2006, 09:10:03 PM »

but of course, my non-googling friend:

teh coad

kamilyun · « **Reply #2 on:** June 27, 2006, 09:11:00 PM »

Always check Wikipedia too

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nato_alphabet

E25280 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 27, 2006, 09:11:20 PM »

try here

Do a google search on "Alpha Bravo Charlie" and you will get bazillions of sites like this. This one seemed ok.

moneyguy · « **Reply #4 on:** June 27, 2006, 09:34:55 PM »

alpha, bravo, charlie, delta, echo, foxtrot, gulf, hotel, india, juliet, kilo, lima, mike, november, oscar, papa, quebec, romeo, sierra, tango, uniform, victor, whiskey, xray, yankee, zulu.

plank · « **Reply #5 on:** June 27, 2006, 10:10:31 PM »

Isn't 'zebra' sometimes used in place of 'zulu' since it is also used to denote a time standard? GMT I believe.

I'm not in the military nor was I ever so I'm really just asking, not correcting anyone.

jigsaw · « **Reply #6 on:** June 27, 2006, 10:38:22 PM »

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Originally posted by moneyguy
alpha, bravo, charlie, delta, echo, foxtrot, gulf, hotel, india, juliet, kilo, lima, mike, november, oscar, papa, quebec, romeo, sierra, tango, uniform, victor, whiskey, xray, yankee, zulu.

Golf, not gulf.

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Originally posted by plank
Isn't 'zebra' sometimes used in place of 'zulu' since it is also used to denote a time standard? GMT I believe.

Some people use zebra, but it's incorrect to do so. Some people around Memphis also use "Sugar" instead of Sierra, but again, that's incorrect.

plank · « **Reply #7 on:** June 27, 2006, 10:42:17 PM »

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Originally posted by jigsaw
Golf, not gulf.

Some people use zebra, but it's incorrect to do so. Some people around Memphis also use "Sugar" instead of Sierra, but again, that's incorrect.

Gotcha, thanks for the clarification.

Leslie · « **Reply #8 on:** June 28, 2006, 02:48:21 AM »

This is the WW2 version:

A       Able
B       Baker
C       Charlie
D       Dog
E       Easy
F       Fox
G       George
H       How
I       Item
J       Jig
K       King
L       Love
M       Mike
N       Nan
O       Oboe
P       Peter
Q       Queen
R       Roger
S       Sugar
T       Tare
U       Uncle
V       Victor
W       William
X       X-ray
Y       Yoke
Z       Zebra

Bruno · « **Reply #9 on:** June 28, 2006, 11:31:28 AM »

German phonetic alphabet.

M.Dv.Nr.922, Heft II.

A Anton
Ä Ärger
B Bruno
C Cäsar
Ch China
D Dora
E Emil
F Fritz
G Gustav
H Hans
I Ida
J Jota
K Karl
L Lucie
M Max
N Nanni
O Otto
Ö Öse
P Paula
Q Quatsch
R Richard
S Sophie
T Toni
U Ulrich
Ü Übel
V Victor
W Wilhelm
X Xanthippe
Y Ysop
Z Zet or Zeppelin

Additionally a number of Greek letters were used for special purposes.

α Alpha
β Beta
γ Gamma
δ Delta
ε Epsilon
λ Lambda
π Phi

x0847Marine · « **Reply #10 on:** June 28, 2006, 04:57:46 PM »

Useless trivia:

"Adam Henry", or "Alpha Hotel"

If you ever see this written on you car registration, some cop who stopped you though you were an A-hole and just wanted give the next cop a heads up.

moneyguy · « **Reply #11 on:** June 28, 2006, 05:08:52 PM »

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Originally posted by jigsaw
Golf, not gulf.

i stand corrected

Arcades057 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 28, 2006, 05:26:35 PM »

Thanks people. I tried Googling it once at "Military phonetic alphabet" and got no joy. This makes my writing a little easier.

68Ripper · « **Reply #13 on:** June 28, 2006, 07:59:46 PM »

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Originally posted by jigsaw
Golf, not gulf.

When I was In the military it was Gulf not Golf don't know when they changed that but a couple searches does show Golf. I remember it as Gulf because I was constantly being corrected on it (being a weekend golfer I would always say Golf). Interesting.

moneyguy · « **Reply #14 on:** June 28, 2006, 08:12:48 PM »

i always thought it was gulf too. but i looked in a few of my books and found it was golf.