The IRSA is used to spell out words and letters over radio. This helps prevent confusion between similar sounding words. The first official version of the military alphabet was adopted in 1927 ...

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The NATO alphabet is an international standard of communication. That doesn’t stop people from saying “N as in Nancy.” ...