What is the military alphabet?

The military alphabet is professionally known as the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet. The United States Armed Forces uses the same military alphabet as the rest of NATO countries. The purposes of the military alphabet are to accurately spell each letter in the alphabet. This reduces pronunciation errors during radio communications.

The International Civil Aviation Organization first designed the military alphabet, and it’s the same as it was years ago. Here is what corresponds to every letter in the alphabet in military.