Military Call Signs
March 23, 2008
A little while back I needed to learn the phonetic military call signs (NATO spelling alphabet) so I wrote them down here so I could reference back here when I forget. So here’s the list:
- 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
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Tango Hotel Xray!
Thanks, this is very helpful when debating military movie lingo!
Tango Hotel India Sierra-India Sierra-Sierra Oscar-Hotel Echo Lima Papa Foxtrot Uniform Lima-Foxtrot Oscar Romeo-Whiskey Romeo India Tango India November Golf-November Oscar Tango Echo Sierra-India November-Charlie Lima Alpha Sierra Sierra!!!!!!!
Whisky Tango probly wrote this
Kris –
Yankee Oscar Uniform Romeo – November Oscar Tango Echo Sierra – Whiskey Oscar Uniform Lima Delta – Tango Alpha Kilo Echo – Foxtrot Oscar Romeo Echo Victor Echo Romeo – Tango Oscar – Whiskey Romeo India Tango Echo…..just like this did!
Whiskey Hotel
this is helpful,.. I play paintball on a team and knowing these kinda things help during scenario games. :p
Confifmed death
Sometimes we would use other words depending on the situation like “Able, Baker, Dog, Nancy, Sugar, Uncle” and others.
Very helpful for getting or giving info over the phone when poor signal is present or with interference.
In Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 there is Whiskey Hotel (Presidents Bunker) Tango (bad guy) Oscar Mike (over and out) Foxtrot, Golf, Kilo, Victor, and Yankee are all just random Callsigns throughout the game haha kinda funny
@COD Player Uhh actually, these are not call signs. This is called the phonetic alphabet. Oscar Mike is short for “On The Move”. Dont ever get your military knowledge from games especially like MW2. Get it from the source itself. Able, Baker, Dog are from the old alphabet. The Phonetic is the Nato standard now. Again these are not call signs its the Phonetic Alphabet so things aren’t misinterpreted on the radio. There’s even a way to say numbers.
WiL on April 22nd, 2010 8:32 am
Whiskey Hotel
Whiskey Hotel is the military term for white house
This is not a military alphabet. It was born long before NATO. It is used in navigation communication of all kinds by radio.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Over!!! lol
my father said this all the time… He was in the Navy.. where as my aunt and uncle were in the airforce and my stepdad was in the 82 airborne. ive pretty much gotten used to the military way of life
Tango Alpha Kilo Echo – Charlie Hotel Alpha Romeo Golf Echo…
Yankee Oscar Uniform – Golf Uniform Yankee Sierra – Alpha Rome Echo – Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo India November Golf – Romeo Echo Tango Alpha Romeo Delta Echo Delta
LimaOscarLima
India – Juliette Uniform Sierra Tango – Golf Oscar Tango – Tango Hotel India Sierra!
India – Alpha Mike – Sierra Oscar – Hotel Alpha Papa Papa Yankee!
X-rayDelta
LimaMikeFoxtrotAlphaOscar!
whiskey hotel oscar- lima india kilo echo sierra- papa india echo-???
When did the changes take place? Back in my military days I=Indigo and M=mama, now I see (according to your input) it has changed.
lol i play on a semi-pro airsoft team, and in tournaments the refs need to moniter radio chat to make sure no one cheats (i.e when your out using a sniper scope to find other players and report locations etc) and every game they had no idea wha we were sayin, bc we came up with, essentially a new language of field op need to knows. They were so confused XD thank you to whoever put this up.
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Sierra-echo-mike-papa-echo-romeo Foxtrot-india… Semper Fi
Oscar Mike! Romeo One-One! X-Ray! Alpha team! Bravo team! Yankee One-Two! Lima Niner! Foxtrot get down here! Hotel 6! November One-One! Echo Two-One!
This is kinda what you use for talking to the ATC for operations, you would use something like Jester 1-1 to signify that your callsign is Jester you would be in the 1st squadron/platoon of the day and you are 1st in the platoon something like a 1st Sgt. or something
Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo
Geronimo, Geronimo! We got him! EKIA!
-Seal Team Six
Thank you for the time and information
its such a ballache to do all that when you can shorten stuff like Oscar mike to mean on the move
November Echo Victor Echo Romeo – Golf Oscar November November Alpha – Golf India Victor Echo – Yankee Oscar Uniform – Uniform Papa
We’re Oscar Mike, out! Sierra Foxtrot, do you read? This is Lima niner! We need backup ASAP!