COMBAT MilTerms: Phonetic Codes and Signal Flags

Phonetic Codes & Signal Flags
Representing the Alphabet

Security and secrecy are adjuncts to basic communication. Signal codes are used to send clear and precise messages when conditions may be adverse, whether the contents are encrypted / enciphered or not. All message traffic is regulated by protocols.

Phonetic AlphaNumeric Codes select acrophonetic spelling alphabets
Letter Number	US Navy 1913	Royal Navy 1914	US Army 1916	FM24-5 1939	US Army 1944	FM24-17 1961	Morse Code	POW Tap Code
A	ABLE	APPLES	ABLE	AFIRM	ABLE	ALFA (alfah)	.-	1/1
B	BOY	BUTTER	BOY	BAKER	BAKER	BRAVO (brahvoh)	-...	2/1
C	CAST	CHARLIE	CAST	CAST	CHARLIE	CHARLIE (charlee)	-.-.	3/1
D	DOG	DUFF	DOCK	DOG	DOG	DELTA (delltah)	-..	4/1
E	EASY	EDWARD	EASY	EASY	EASY	ECHO (eckoh)	.	5/1
F	FOX	FREDDY	FOX	FOX	FOX	FOXTROT (fokstrot)	..-.	1/2
G	GEORGE	GEORGE	GEORGE	GEORGE	GEORGE	GOLF (golf)	--.	2/2
H	HAVE	HARRY	HAVE	HYPO	HOW	HOTEL (hohtell)	....	3/2
I	ITEM	INK	ITEM	INTER	INTER	INDIA (indee-ah)	..	4/2
J	JIG	JOHNNIE	JIG	JIG	JIG	JULIETT (jewlee-ett)	.---	5/2
K	KING	KING	KING	KING	KING	KILO (keyloh)	-.-	3/1
L	LOVE	LONDON	LOVE	LOVE	LOVE	LIMA (leemah)	.-..	1/3
M	MIKE	MONKEY	MIKE	MIKE	MIKE	MIKE (mike)	--	2/3
N	NAN	NUTS	NAP	NEGAT	NAN	NOVEMBER (november)	-.	3/3
O	OBOE	ORANGE	OPAL	OPTION	OBOE	OSCAR (osscah)	---	4/3
P	PUP	PUDDING	PUP	PREP	PETER	PAPA (pahpah)	.--.	5/3
Q	QUACK	QUEENIE	QUACK	QUEEN	QUEEN	QUEBEC (kehbeck)	--.-	1/4
R	RUSH	ROBERT	RUSH	ROGER	ROGER	ROMEO (rowme-oh)	.-.	2/4
S	SAIL	SUGAR	SAIL	SAIL	SUGAR	SIERRA (seeairah)	...	3/4
T	TARE	TOMMY	TAPE	TARE	TARE	TANGO (tanggo)	-	4/4
U	UNIT	UNCLE	UNIT	UNIT	UNCLE	UNIFORM (younee-form)	..-	5/4
V	VICE	VINEGAR	VICE	VICTOR	VICTOR	VICTOR (viktah)	...-	1/5
W	WATCH	WILLIE	WATCH	WILLIAM	WILLIAM	WHISKEY (wisskey)	.--	2/5
X	X-RAY	XERXES	X-RAY	X-RAY	X-RAY	X-RAY (ecksray)	-..-	3/5
Y	YOKE	YELLOW	YOKE	YOKE	YOKE	YANKEE (yangkey)	-.--	4/5
Z	ZED	ZEBRA	ZED	ZED	ZEBRA	ZULU (zooloo)	--..	5/5
0	ZERO	ZERO	ZERO	ZERO	ZERO	ZERO (ze-ro)	-----
1	ONE	ONE	ONE	ONE	ONE	ONE (wun)	.----
2	TOO	TOO	TOO	TOO	TOO	TWO (too)	..---
3	THREE	THREE	THREE	THREE	THREE	THREE (tree)	...--
4	FOUR	FOUR	FOUR	FOUR	FOUR	FOUR (fow-er)	....-
5	FIVE	FIVE	FIVE	FIVE	FIVE	FIVE (fife)	.....
6	SIX	SIX	SIX	SIX	SIX	SIX (six)	-....
7	SEVEN	SEVEN	SEVEN	SEVEN	SEVEN	SEVEN (sev-en)	--...
8	EIGHT	EIGHT	EIGHT	EIGHT	EIGHT	EIGHT (ait)	---..
9	NINE	NINE	NINE	NINE	NINE	NINE (nin-er)	----.

Phonetic AlphaNumeric Codes select acrophonetic spelling alphabets
Letter Number	Western Front signalese	ITU 1927	Code Talker	Western Union	HAM CB 1945	ARRL 1948	police band	APCO DHS 2003
A	Ack	Amsterdam	ANT	Adams	America Austria	Adam Alan	Adam Albert	Adam
B	Beer	Baltimore	BEAR	Boston	Brazil Bolivia	Baker Bob	Betty Bruce	Boy
C	Charlie	Casablanca	CAT	Chicago	Canada Cambodia	Charlie Carol	Charlie Cynthia	Charles
D	Don	Denmark	DEER	Denver	Denmark Dixie	David David	David David	David
E	Edward	Edison	ELK	Easy	Egypt England	Edward Eddie	Edward Eddie	Edward
F	Freddie	Florida	FOX	Frank	France Finland	Frank Frederick	Frank Fox	Frank
G	Gee	Gallipoli	GOAT	George	Germany Greece	George George	George Gary	George
H	Harry	Havana	HORSE	Henry	Holland Hawaii	Henry Howard	Henry Harry	Henry
I	Ink	Italia	ICE	Ida	Italy India	Ida Isaac	Ida Ike	Ida
J	Johnnie	Jerusalem	JACKASS	John	Japan Java	John James	John Jimmy	John
K	King	Kilogramme	KID	King	Kenya Korea	King Kenny	Kevin Kevin	King
L	London	Liverpool	LAMB	Lincoln	Laos Luxembourg	Lewis Larry	Lewis Lance	Lincoln
M	Emma	Madagascar	MOUSE	Mary	Mexico Morocco	Mary Michael	Mary Mary	Mary
N	Nuts	New York	NUT	New York	Norway Nepal	Nancy Nicholas	Nancy Norman	Nora
O	Oranges	Oslo	OWL	Ocean	Oslo Ontario	Otto Oliver	Otto Ozzie	Ocean
P	Pip	Paris	PIG	Peter	Panama Portugal	Peter Peter	Peter Paul	Paul
Q	Queen	Quebec	QUIVER	Queen	Quebec Quito	Queen Quincy	Quince Quince	Queen
R	Robert	Roma	RABBIT	Roger	Russia Romania	Robert Roger	Robert Roberta	Robert
S	Esses	Santiago	SHEEP	Sugar	Sweden Spain	Susan Stephen	Susan Sammy	Sam
T	Toc	Tripoli	TURKEY	Thomas	Taiwan Togo	Thomas Trevor	Thomas Tommy	Tom
U	Uncle	Upsala	UTE	Union	Uruguay Uganda	Union Ulysses	Ulysses Ursula	Union
V	Vic	Valencia	VICTOR	Victor	Venezuela Vietnam	Victor Vincent	Victor Vicky	Victor
W	William	Washington	WEASEL	William	Washington Warsaw	William William	William Walter	William
X	X-ray	Xanthippe	CROSS	X-ray	Xanthus Xinxiang	X-ray Xavier	Xavier X-ray	X-ray
Y	Yorker	Yokohama	YUCCA	Young	Yugoslavia Yemen	Young Yaakov	Yogi Yellow	Young
Z	Zebra	Zurich	ZINC	Zero	Zanzibar Zimbabwe	Zebra Zebedee	Zachary Zachary	Zebra
0	Zero	Zero	Zero	Zero	Zero	Zero	Zero	Zero
1	One	One	One	One	One	One	One	One
2	Two	Two	Two	Two	Two	Two	Two	Two
3	Three	Three	Three	Three	Three	Three	Three	Three
4	Four	Four	Four	Four	Four	Four	Four	Four
5	Five	Five	Five	Five	Five	Five	Five	Five
6	Six	Six	Six	Six	Six	Six	Six	Six
7	Seven	Seven	Seven	Seven	Seven	Seven	Seven	Seven
8	Eight	Eight	Eight	Eight	Eight	Eight	Eight	Eight
9	Nine	Nine	Nine	Nine	Nine	Nine	Nine	Nine

AlphaNumeric Flag Signals
Letter Number	Wig-Wag Semaphore	Nautical Burgee
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
#
0	#+J
1	#+A
2	#+B
3	#+C
4	#+D
5	#+E
6	#+F
7	#+G
8	#+H
9	#+I
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Phonetic Alphabetic Codes select acrophonetic spelling alphabets
letter of the alphabet	fool's alphabet	child's alphabet	garden alphabet	animal alphabet	stone alphabet	adult's alphabet	soldier's alphabet	battlefield alphabet
A is for	horses	apple	aster	anteater	amethyst	AIDS	assault	Antietam
B for	mutton	ball	bamboo	buffalo	bloodstone	beaver	battle	Breed's Hill
C for	yourself	cookie	cactus	camel	cat's-eye	condom	combat	Corregidor
D for	dumb	duck	daisy	donkey	diamond	diarrhea	drill	Dien Bien Phu
E for	brick	egg	euonymus	elephant	eaglestone	erotic	E-tool	El Mansura
F for	vessence	fish	fern	frog	flint	f*ck	foxhole	Falkirk
G for	police	green	goldenrod	goat	geode	grass	grenade	Gettysburg
H for	himself	hat	holly	horse	heliodor	herpes	helmet	Hastings
I for	novello	ink	ivy	impala	ironstone	incest	intel	Iwo Jima
J for	oranges	jelly	jonquil	jaguar	jade	joint	jeep	Jena
K for	restaurant	kite	kudzu	kangaroo	kunzite	kinky	KP	Kobarid
L for	leather	line	lavender	lion	ligure	LSD	LP	Little Bighorn
M for	sis	milk	myrtle	mouse	malachite	moon	map	Murfreesboro
N for	a penny	nut	narcissus	newt	nepheline	nose- candy	napalm	Nineveh
O for	the wings of a dove	ox	orchid	owl	opal	orgy	OPLAN	Okinawa
P for	comfort	pen	petunia	pig	pipestone	pander	patrol	Port Arthur
Q for	a ticket	quilt	queen-cup	quail	quartz	queer	QM	Qarqar
R for	mo	ring	rose	rabbit	rhodonite	roach	radio	Rivoli
S for	Williams	sun	saxifrage	snake	sapphire	sex	sortie	Stalingrad
T for	two	table	thistle	turkey	topaz	toke	tent	Thermopylae
U for	me	umbrella	urd	uakari	ulexite	user	uniform	Uji River
V for	la France	vest	vetch	vole	verd	vomit	valor	Vicksburg
W for	money	wagon	woodruff	walrus	wacke	wasted	wire	Waterloo
X for	breakfast	xylophone	xerophyte	xerus	xenolith	X-rated	XO	Xochicalco
Y for	husband	yellow	yarrow	yak	yag	yogi	yardbird	Ypres
Z for	breezes	zoo	zinnia	zebra	zircon	zonk	zulu-time	Zama

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Representing the Alphabet