| rdfs:comment | - The Phonetic Alphabet is the primary naming system used for small vessels. The UNSC's alphabet is largely derived from the 20th Century NATO Phonetic Alphabet, albeit with "Golf" replaced with "Gamma."
- The Phonetic Alphabet was a system used by Military Groups, including the Templars. Generally a Single Phonetic title was given as an important designation in a specific battle, such as Alpha Base or Delta Squad.
- The 26 code words in the NATO phonetic alphabet are assigned to the 26 letters of the English alphabet in alphabetical order as follows: Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu. Some of the 26 words have altered pronunciations: Charlie can be spoken as either "char-lee" or "shar-lee" and Uniform as either "you-nee-form" or "oo-nee-form". Oscar is pronounced "oss-cah" and Victor as "vik-tah" without the 'r'. Papa is pronounced "Pa-PAH" with the accent on the second syllable instead of the first. The code word Quebec is pronounced as French "keh-beck". The ICAO and FAA use the standard number words of English (zero, one, two, three, four, five,
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| abstract | - The 26 code words in the NATO phonetic alphabet are assigned to the 26 letters of the English alphabet in alphabetical order as follows: Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu. Some of the 26 words have altered pronunciations: Charlie can be spoken as either "char-lee" or "shar-lee" and Uniform as either "you-nee-form" or "oo-nee-form". Oscar is pronounced "oss-cah" and Victor as "vik-tah" without the 'r'. Papa is pronounced "Pa-PAH" with the accent on the second syllable instead of the first. The code word Quebec is pronounced as French "keh-beck". The ICAO and FAA use the standard number words of English (zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine) with four altered pronunciations (tree, fower, fife, niner), whereas the ITU and IMO use ten code words for numbers (nadazero, unaone, bissotwo, terrathree, kartefour, pantafive, soxisix, setteseven, octoeight, novenine).
- The Phonetic Alphabet is the primary naming system used for small vessels. The UNSC's alphabet is largely derived from the 20th Century NATO Phonetic Alphabet, albeit with "Golf" replaced with "Gamma."
- The Phonetic Alphabet was a system used by Military Groups, including the Templars. Generally a Single Phonetic title was given as an important designation in a specific battle, such as Alpha Base or Delta Squad.
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