If you know the “International Alphabet” please make use of it whenever you can in order to minimize errors. If you do not know it, we have included it below for your reference. (Knowing this alphabet comes in handy in lots of other areas of one’s life where giving information orally needs to be accurate.)
The International Alphabet as adopted by the United Nations
| ALFA | (AL FAH) | NOVEMBER | (NO VEM BER) | |
| BRAVO | (BRAH VOH) | OSCAR | (OSS CAH) | |
| CHARLIE | (CHAR LEE) | PAPA | (PAH PAH) | |
| DELTA | (DELL TAH) | QUEBEC | (KEH BECK) | |
| ECHO | (ECK OH) | ROMEO | (ROW ME OH) | |
| FOXTROT | (FOKS TROT) | SIERRA | (SEE AIR RAH) | |
| GOLF | (GOLF) | TANGO | (TANG GO) | |
| HOTEL | (HOH TELL) | UNIFORM | (YOU NEE FORM) | |
| INDIA | (IN DEE AH) | VICTOR | (VIK TOR) | |
| JULIETT | (JOO LEE ETT) | WHISKEY | (WISS KEY) | |
| KILO | (KEY LOH) | X-RAY | (ECKS RAY) | |
| LIMA | (LEE MAH) | YANKEE | (YANG KEY) | |
| MIKE | (MIKE) | ZULU | (ZOO LOO) |