The military phonetic alphabet consists of the standard English alphabet, plus a few extra words that are specific to military use. Some of these words include "Alpha," "Bravo," and "Charlie." ...

While you might think people are just picking random words—and indeed some might be—there is actually a defined military ...

This version came into effect in 1951 for non-military aviation only, and included many of the same words used in today’s NATO phonetic alphabet. But the IATA alphabet at that time was still a ...

Time begins at 0100 (pronounced zero-one hundred) and ends at 2400 (twenty-four hundred). Like the phonetic alphabet, military time is used to avoid any errors in communication.

The build-up of troops on the Russia-Ukraine border has revitalised Nato, the military alliance that looked to be faltering, or even in a terminal decline, only a few months ago. With 30 countries ...