Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet
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- The Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet is not a phonetic alphabet in the sense in which that term is used in phonetics, i.e., it is not a system for transcribing speech sounds. See the phonetic alphabet disambiguation page, and also phonetic notation.
The Joint Army/Navy (JAN) Phonetic Alphabet was developed in 1941 and was used by all branches of the United States military until the promulgation of the NATO phonetic alphabet in 1956, which replaced it. Before the JAN phonetic alphabet, each branch of the armed forces used its own phonetic alphabet, leading to difficulties in interbranch communication.
The Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet is as follows:[1]
| Letter | Phonetic | Letter | Phonetic | Letter | Phonetic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Able | M | Mike | Y | Yoke |
| B | Baker | N | Nan | Z | Zebra |
| C | Charlie | O | Oboe | 0 | Zero |
| D | Dog | P | Peter | 1 | One |
| E | Easy | Q | Queen | 2 | Two |
| F | Fox | R | Roger | 3 | Three |
| G | George | S | Sail | 4 | Four |
| H | How | T | Tare | 5 | Five |
| I | Item | U | Uncle | 6 | Six |
| J | Jig | V | Victor | 7 | Seven |
| K | King | W | William | 8 | Eight |
| L | Love | X | X-ray | 9 | Niner |
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- Phonetic Alphabet and Signal Flags by Naval Historical Center (five phonetic alphabets: 1913, 1927, 1938, WWII, 1957-present)
- Phonetic Alphabet by United States Army Signal Center (four phonetic alphabets: 1916, 1939, 1944, 1961)
