Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet
The
Joint Army/Navy 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 1955, which has 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:
| Letter |
Phonetic |
Letter |
Phonetic |
Letter |
Phonetic |
| A |
Able |
M |
Mike |
Y |
Yoke |
| B |
Baker |
N |
Nutley |
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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