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Posted on 10/29/21 at 2:14 pm to LSU alum wannabe
hotel
Posted on 10/29/21 at 2:15 pm to dagrippa
California
Posted on 10/29/21 at 2:15 pm to DoUrden
Golf Foxtrot Yankee
Posted on 10/29/21 at 2:16 pm to TheFonz
quote:
Golf Foxtrot Yankee
Sierra Hotel
Posted on 10/29/21 at 2:17 pm to LSU alum wannabe
Hotel
Posted on 10/29/21 at 2:17 pm to BRIllini07
quote:
"P as in PNEUMATIC"
Its P as in Pterodactyl, everyone knows that.
Posted on 10/29/21 at 2:19 pm to DoUrden
Posted on 10/29/21 at 2:38 pm to DoUrden
November- Whiskey Oscar Romeo Delta Please
Posted on 10/29/21 at 2:38 pm to WONTONGO
Was on a call at work last week and for some reason I completely drew a blank at C and said “chicken”. The second it came out I had to stifle laughter. 
Posted on 10/29/21 at 2:40 pm to LSU alum wannabe
quote:
What’s “H”? Honest question. Hector?
Hotel
Posted on 10/29/21 at 2:40 pm to makersmark1
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What’s “H”? Honest question. Hector?
Hombre
Posted on 10/29/21 at 2:42 pm to DoUrden
Not former military and even I use it correctly.
Posted on 10/29/21 at 2:42 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:
"there is a reason each word was chosen."
To give recruits more shite to memorize.
The words were chosen to be phonetically dissimilar to each other, so you couldn't mishear over a bad radio connection.
If someone calls for an airstrike on sector B47, but the pilots hears as E47, the wrong people will have a bad day.
Posted on 10/29/21 at 2:49 pm to makersmark1
Hotel and India are always hardest for me to remember. I was never in the military but had to talk to people all day spelling stuff/account numbers. I prefer zebra for Z.
Posted on 10/29/21 at 2:49 pm to TigersnJeeps
Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta
Posted on 10/29/21 at 2:50 pm to DoUrden
Funny tidbit.
The Atlanta airport has concourses A through F. The tram announces them using the military radio alphabet ("the next stop is concourse B as in Bravo") for all except concourse D.
For D they use "D as in David" since the radio alphabet for D is Delta, which would lead to some people exiting on concourse D for their Delta flight at gate F12.
I wonder if they started with started with "D as in Delta" then had to change....
The Atlanta airport has concourses A through F. The tram announces them using the military radio alphabet ("the next stop is concourse B as in Bravo") for all except concourse D.
For D they use "D as in David" since the radio alphabet for D is Delta, which would lead to some people exiting on concourse D for their Delta flight at gate F12.
I wonder if they started with started with "D as in Delta" then had to change....
Posted on 10/29/21 at 2:52 pm to DoUrden
Posted on 10/29/21 at 2:57 pm to Bawcephus
quote:
Delta
Golf
Alpha
Foxtrot
India
Sierra
Whiskey
Yankee
Delta
Tango
Posted on 10/29/21 at 3:01 pm to DoUrden
I’m retired military and ham radio operator… so it’s stuck with me.
Many times when working distant Ham radio stations (DX) you’ll hear them say Washington instead of whiskey, Yokohama instead Yankee, ocean instead of Oscar….. especially European stations.
Many times when working distant Ham radio stations (DX) you’ll hear them say Washington instead of whiskey, Yokohama instead Yankee, ocean instead of Oscar….. especially European stations.
This post was edited on 10/29/21 at 3:04 pm
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