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

By wickedwillie Asked Jan 25 2004 4:12PM
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by Drinking Dano on Apr 25, 2004 at 7:57 pm Permalink

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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!
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Avatar snafubg Dec, 30 2004 at 07:24 PM
My Warrior's handbook says "Mama"
Avatar Andy Ninja Is Wicked Back To Work Feb, 01 2005 at 10:44 AM
Okay, you cited a reference so I'll cut you some slack :) Warriors Handbook, huh? Sounds interesting.
Avatar RJTRIES Mar, 15 2006 at 08:39 AM
Having been assigned as liasion to units in the BRD, UK, Canada, and France, the term used is MIKE NOT MAMA--MAMA WAS dropped

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by wickedwillie on Jan 27, 2004 at 8:30 am Permalink

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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.
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Avatar Drinking Dano Feb, 13 2004 at 07:58 AM
Actually, I am QUITE certain that it is not "mike" that is used, but "Mama"
Avatar Kim Siever Feb, 13 2004 at 03:28 PM
Everywhere I've looked says "Mike"

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by RogerDog on Apr 12, 2004 at 11:08 am Permalink

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The official designation for the letter M is indeed "Mike." See, for example, http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/.../flags.html, which shows the designations for all the letters, their pronunciations, and the signal flags associated with each letter.
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Avatar Drinking Dano Apr, 25 2004 at 08:01 PM
And again, I'm not at all saying that the U.S. isn't using Mike! :)

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by Andy Ninja Is Wicked Back To Work on Apr 1, 2004 at 7:29 am Permalink

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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/.../...onetic_alphabet_1

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

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com...

http://www.bckelk.uklinux.net/phon.full.html
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Avatar Drinking Dano Apr, 25 2004 at 08:01 PM
Not at all saying that the U.S. isn't using Mike..! :)
Avatar jvoris Jun, 26 2006 at 08:14 PM
To be clear, the standards body which maintains the pronunciations for letters used by NATO is the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Their reference page for this is here:
http://www.icao.int/cgi/goto_m.pl
Avatar jvoris Jun, 26 2006 at 08:15 PM
Also, their page showing all the representatives involved in setting such standards is here:
http://www.icao.int/cgi/council_members.pl
Note that every country Drinking Dano is listing as having a differeng standard is on that list...

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by shea52403 on Dec 18, 2004 at 12:09 am Permalink

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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
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by Quirkie on Dec 2, 2004 at 7:44 am Permalink

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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
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by Pointeman1 on Jun 24, 2005 at 9:53 pm Permalink

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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
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Avatar scymitar72 Aug, 30 2005 at 07:04 AM
This answer actually answers the question! :-)

Answer 8 out of 13

by PC HOGG on Aug 15, 2007 at 1:00 pm Permalink

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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
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Answer 9 out of 13

by donnamac on Jun 15, 2006 at 2:29 pm Permalink

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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
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Answer 10 out of 13

by donnamac on Jun 15, 2006 at 2:28 pm Permalink

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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
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