Phonetic Alphabet

**greenlead** · 07-13-04 12:29 AM

Not a problem at all! I live to serve!

**Spike** · 07-13-04 01:03 AM

Australian Military use

Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
X-Ray
Yankee
Zulu

**oscarmitre** · 07-13-04 01:13 AM

Yes when I was taught this in recruit training we were told it was NATO Code.

Anyway it is in use in all Australian police agencies.

**SnowLeopard** · 07-13-04 02:11 AM

When I was running a USN police department, I insisted that my troops used the military phonetic alphabet. Some wanted to use a civilian one, some wanted to use their own, but we were a military unit, so we used the military alphabet.

About the best example of why became apparent when a patrol man with an aviation background used "Helo" for "H".........and the military "K" is "Kilo".

Now, it may have just been a limited situation and may not have been thier phonetic alphabet at all, but I was looking at a book on the battleship Bismark, they referred to the four turrets as Anton, Bruno, Caesar, and Dora. Possibilities.
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("Shouts, Shouts, Report your position, the world wonders!"--Halsey receives this message and is furious at being treated like a little boy, not realizing that only the middle is the main message and the junk at either end is transmission confusion filler to confuse the enemy. (w,stte), from history)

**Moose63845** · 07-13-04 03:57 AM

Just make sure you use the right one so that your dispatchers or commanding officers don't have a talk with you.

**Doofy** · 07-13-04 04:36 AM

I was brought up with the military system in Australia
Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Hotel
etc, perhaps another Aussie could give there views or thoughts...?

**Ianscape** · 07-13-04 12:04 PM

Here is mine;

Adam
Boston
Charles
David
Edward
Frank
George
Henry
Ida
John
King
Lincoln
Mary
Nora
Ocean
Paul
Queen
Robert
Sam
Tom
Union
Victor
Walter
Xray
Young
Zebra

Ian

**Babysmamadrama** · 07-13-04 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by Moose63845

Just make sure you use the right one so that your dispatchers or commanding officers don't have a talk with you.

Yeah, I had a small problem with mixing up the phonetics at first, being in the Guard and then transitioning to police work. It only took a couple of laughs over the radio and the dispatcher asking me to 10-9 my transmission to get it straight.

**ChainSa** · 07-13-04 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by Ianscape

Here is mine;

Adam
Boston
Charles
David
Edward
Frank
George
Henry
Ida
John
King
Lincoln
Mary
Nora
Ocean
Paul
Queen
Robert
Sam
Tom
Union
Victor
Walter
Xray
Young
Zebra

Ian

Basically the same as mine except for the first two. I gotta thank everyone for this helpfull info, it's really helping me out. :D

**michiganstud** · 07-13-04 02:01 PM

I like new officers that try to use the phonetic but they haven't quite learned.........

814 traffic (sounding all official)

814 go ahead

state and main with ......................................... Unicorn.............

Diddlehopper................. Francine.................877

Usual cop humor is followed...........

Cracks me up.

**ChainSa** · 07-13-04 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by Moose63845

Just make sure you use the right one so that your dispatchers or commanding officers don't have a talk with you.

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have a problem with it... I've been studying our phonetic alphabet for years now. I was just curious to see how many differences or variations there were. Thanks Moose.

**Babysmamadrama** · 07-13-04 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by michiganstud

I like new officers that try to use the phonetic but they haven't quite learned.........

814 traffic (sounding all official)

814 go ahead

state and main with ......................................... Unicorn.............

Diddlehopper................. Francine.................877

Usual cop humor is followed...........

Cracks me up.

Thats when you here a 90 unit calling out "Dispatch what is so and so's twenty?"

WTF, over? :D

**SnowLeopard** · 07-14-04 02:48 AM

On a related note:

when I make maintainance calls on our equipment, I believe that the calls are now outsourced to another country. I use the military alphabet and haven't run into any problems when I do.......though they may read back the data with another alphabet.
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("YOU WHAT???? Leo, get a location on a white pimp mobile, license plate 532
David Nelson George!"--Felix Leigter getting the calm phone call from 007 that
some just tried to off him on his arrival to NYC, (wtte), "Live and Let Die")

**121Traffic** · 07-14-04 02:56 AM

Yeah, okay Radio...I got a suspicious vehicle, white caprice, Vermont license plates 'Tijuana, Gringo, One-er, Five-er, Nine-er.' Check it.

**Coastie 585** · 07-14-04 09:29 AM

Ahhh Thats a big ten-four good buddy!

He comes back 54.... Negative.

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