The military phonetic alphabet consists of the standard English alphabet, plus a few extra words that are specific to military use. Some of these words include "Alpha," "Bravo," and "Charlie." ...

While you might think people are just picking random words—and indeed some might be—there is actually a defined military phonetic alphabet that was established over the first half of the 1900s ...

Prior to the Great War, British troops had words for ... In 1941 the U.S. Army largely ignored the ITU phonetic alphabet and developed its own, which became known as the Able Baker Alphabet ...