Phonetic Alphabet

The Phonetic Alphabet is the primary naming system used for small vessels. The UNSC's alphabet is largely derived from the 20th Century NATO Phonetic Alphabet, albeit with "Golf" replaced with "Gamma."
Letter	Code word 	Pronunciation 	IPA from ICAO
A 	Alfa (ICAO, ITU, IMO, FAA)Alpha (ANSI) 	AL FAH 	
B 	Bravo 	BRAH VOE 	(sic)
C 	Charlie 	CHAR LEE orSHAR LEE 	(sic) or (sic)
D 	Delta 	DELL TAH 	
E 	Echo 	ECK OH 	
F 	Foxtrot 	FOKS TROT 	
G 	Gamma 	GAM MAH 	
H 	Hotel 	HO TELL (ICAO)HOH TELL (ITU, IMO, FAA) 	
I 	India 	IN DEE AH 	
J 	Juliett (ICAO, ITU, IMO, FAA)Juliet (ANSI) 	JEW LEE ETT 	
K 	Kilo 	KEY LOH 	
L 	Lima 	LEE MAH 	
M 	Mike 	MIKE 	
N 	November 	NO VEM BER 	(sic)
O 	Oscar 	OSS CAR 	
P 	Papa 	PAH PAH 	
Q 	Quebec 	KEH BECK 	
R 	Romeo 	ROW ME OH 	
S 	Sierra 	SEE AIR RAH (ICAO, ITU, IMO)SEE AIR AH (FAA)	
T 	Tango 	TANG GO 	(sic)
U 	Uniform 	YOU NEE FORM orOO NEE FORM 	(sic) or
V 	Victor 	VIK TAH 	
W 	Whiskey 	WISS KEY 	
X 	X-ray orXray 	ECKS RAY (ICAO, ITU)ECKS RAY (IMO, FAA) 	
Y 	Yankee 	YANG KEY 	(sic)
Z 	Zulu 	ZOO LOO 	
0 	Zero (FAA)Nadazero (ITU, IMO) 	ZE RO (ICAO, FAA)NAH-DAH-ZAY-ROH (ITU, IMO) 	—
1 	One (FAA)Unaone (ITU, IMO) 	WUN (ICAO, FAA)OO-NAH-WUN (ITU, IMO) 	—
2 	Two (FAA)Bissotwo (ITU, IMO) 	TOO (ICAO, FAA)BEES-SOH-TOO (ITU, IMO) 	—
3 	Three (FAA)Terrathree (ITU, IMO) 	TREE (ICAO, FAA)TAY-RAH-TREE (ITU, IMO) 	—
4 	Four (FAA)Kartefour (ITU, IMO) 	FOW ER (ICAO, FAA)KAR-TAY-FOWER (ITU, IMO) 	—
5 	Five (FAA)Pantafive (ITU, IMO) 	FIFE (ICAO, FAA)PAN-TAH-FIVE (ITU, IMO) 	—
6 	Six (FAA)Soxisix (ITU, IMO) 	SIX (ICAO, FAA)SOK-SEE-SIX (ITU, IMO) 	—
7 	Seven (FAA)Setteseven (ITU, IMO) 	SEV EN (ICAO, FAA)SAY-TAY-SEVEN (ITU, IMO) 	—
8 	Eight (FAA)Oktoeight (ITU, IMO) 	AIT (ICAO, FAA)OK-TOH-AIT (ITU, IMO) 	—
9 	Nine (FAA)Novenine (ITU, IMO)No 'r' in spellings	NIN ER (ICAO, FAA)NO-VAY-NINER (ITU, IMO) 	—
==Uses in Halo==
*Pelican dropships are identified by a serial number consisting of one letter from the Phonetic Alphabet and three numbers. Examples: Echo 419, Victor 933, Bravo 022, Kilo 023 (Pelican).
*The Halos are identified by Phonetic letters. Examples: Alpha Halo, Delta Halo.
*Bumblebee lifepods have serial numbers using three letters from the Phonetic alphabet.
*Marines use them in place of abbreviations in the field for weapons, vehicles, units, enemies and sometimes common sayings.
**A nickname for Brutes on the field is "Baby Kong." Marines often say "Bravo-Kilo" instead, usually in interviews or testimonials.
**The saying "Echo-Tango" meaning ET (Extraterrasterial), is often used to describe Elites.
**Dutch uses "Oscar-Mike," meaning "on the move." Also he is often heard using "Mike-Foxtrot" as self-imposed censorship for "mother fucker." in Halo 3: ODST
*Spartans have used "Sierra" as part of their codename.
**John-117 is often referred to as Sierra-117 in Halo 3.
**Carter-A259 refers to himself as "Sierra-259" and Kat-B320 refers to herself as "Sierra-320" in the Halo: Reach announcement trailer.
*Dr. Catherine Halsey used the Phonetic alphabet to construct an alias matching her initials ("Charlie Hotel") in the epilogue of Halo: Contact Harvest.
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