The NATO phonetic alphabet is used for transmitting messages across radios since individual letters could easily be confused over a radio. The US has had a phonetic alphabet since World War I, but it has changed many times, based on what was easiest to relay. Try this phonetic alphabet if you’re having trouble dispatching something across the phone! For example, if you wanted to say STOP, you would say, "Sierra, Tango, Oscar, Papa."
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