Your New Letters: The Military Phonetic Alphabet

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1 min readSep 26, 2016

Courtesy of the Marine Corps Association, see the old and new versions of the military phonetic alphabet. Made familiar in movies such as Saving Private Ryan or Band of Brothers (remember “Easy” Company?), this will be your new way to spell on the radio throughout your Marine Corps career.

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Band of Brothers

Easy Company[/caption]

Just make sure you don’t use the wrong words!

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