What is the complete NATO official phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo... Zulu)?

Not to be a stickler here, but the question is what is the complete "NATO" phonetic Alphabet. It ISN'T what do the Americans use?

If you look it up in "The Warrior's Handbook" from the Canadian Armed Forces, or the "Basic Recruit Manual" in the British Armed Forces or the "Basic Training" Manual from the Australian Defence Force, you'll find that the actual NATO usage is "Mama" not "Mike".

At least, THIS is the information that Canada, The United Kingdom and Australia is giving its troopers. All NATO countries. While the US is, of course, a NATO country, lets face it, it's quite likely that the US *IS* using "Mike" as the "M", because, well, not many organizations tell the Americans how to say things!

The NATO phonetic alphabet:

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

This alphabet dates from about 1955 and is approved by the
International Civil Aviation Organization, the FAA and the
International Telecommunication Union; note that different
bodies prefer different spellings, so one also
sees: Alfa Juliett Juliette Oskar Viktor.

The official designation for the letter M is indeed "Mike." See, for example, http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/communications/flags/flags.html, which shows the designations for all the letters, their pronunciations, and the signal flags associated with each letter.

The following links are for information on the NATO Phonetic Alphabet specifically, which is what the question asked for. ALL state that M is "MIke" and you can click the links to verify that.

**Sources for NATO (not U.S. Military) phonetic alphabet**:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclopedia/nato_phonetic_alphabet_1

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/NATO-phonetic-alphabet

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/NATO%20phonetic%20alphabet

http://www.bckelk.uklinux.net/phon.full.html

A - Alpha
B - Bravo
C - Charlie
D - Delta
E - Echo
F - Foxtrot
G - Golf
H - Hotel
I - India
J - Juliet
K - Kilo
L - Lima
M - Mike
N - November
O - Oscar
P - Pappa
Q - Quebec
R - Romeo
S - Sierra
T - Tango
U - Uniform
X - X-Ray
Y - Yankee
Z - Zulu

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

There is no official NATO publication containing the NATO phonetic alphabet: this is becase "NATO phonetic alphabet" is actually the common name for the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) which has been adopted by the military of each NATO country.

The ICAO ratiotelephony spelling alphabet is
Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet

A=ALPHA
B=BRAVO
C=CHARLIE
D=DELTA
E=ECHO
F=FOXTROT
G=GOLF
H=HOTEL
I=INDIA
J=JULIET
K=KILO
L=LIMA
M=MIKE
N=NOVEMBER
O=OSCAR
P=PAPA
Q=QUEBEC
R=ROMEO
S=SIERRA
T=TANGO
U=UNIFORM
V=VICTOR
W=WHISKY
X=X-RAY
Y=YANKEE
Z=ZULU

NATO Document ATP-45 B of the ADatP3 standard contains the list used in the NATO phonetic alphabet. That document has sections that are restricted though, so you wouldn't be able to see it unless you are cleared and have a need.

Also, all the NATO documents spell it ALFA..not ALPHA.

A - Alfa
B - Bravo
C - Charlie
D - Delta
E - Echo
F - Foxtrot
G - Golf
H - Hotel
I - India
J - Juliet
K - Kilo
L - Lima
M - Mike
N - November
O - Oscar
P - Pappa
Q - Quebec
R - Romeo
S - Sierra
T - Tango
U - Uniform
X - X-Ray
Y - Yankee
Z - Zulu

NATO Document ATP-45 B of the ADatP3 standard contains the list used in the NATO phonetic alphabet. That document has sections that are restricted though, so you wouldn't be able to see it unless you are cleared and have a need.

Also, all the NATO documents spell it ALFA..not ALPHA.

A - Alfa
B - Bravo
C - Charlie
D - Delta
E - Echo
F - Foxtrot
G - Golf
H - Hotel
I - India
J - Juliet
K - Kilo
L - Lima
M - Mike
N - November
O - Oscar
P - Pappa
Q - Quebec
R - Romeo
S - Sierra
T - Tango
U - Uniform
X - X-Ray
Y - Yankee
Z - Zulu

A Alpha
B Bravo
C Charlie
D Delta
E Echo
F Foxtrot
G Golf
H Hotel
I India
J Juliett
K Kilo
L Lima
M Mike
N November
O Oscar
P Papa
Q Quebec
R Romeo
S Sierra
T Tango
U Uniform
V Victor
W Whiskey
X X-ray
Y Yankee
Z Zulu

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/NATO-phonetic-alphabet

As you can see, there actually is not much standardization of phonetic alphabets in fact, though there is more in practice. You can make up your own if you want to, but it takes more thought than appears at first glance. It is important that no two words rhyme, so that there is a high probability that they can be properly distinguished even if only part of the word is heard. Intelligibility is the only goal. But that does mean that sticking to a conventional, widely used one is the smartest.

OK its not the NATO one - but if you wanted to really confuse people you could use the following that someone sent me as a joke once:-
Aye, Bee, Cue, Double-u, Ell, Four, Gibe, Hour, Iambic, Jay, Knee
Lye, Mnemonic, Nine, One, Psedonym, Quay, Repeat, Six, Tsar,
Urn, Veldt, Write, Xenon, You, Zero
PS I also concur - its Mike not Mama

Try this: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq101-1.htm