This post is a continuing with the very first topic, the NATO phonetic alphabet. You may not have known, but this phonetic guide includes numbers as well, just the single digits (0-9). Although it sounds unnecessary, there are several reasons for its existence. As a reminder, the prime purpose of the NATO phonetic alphabet is to allow clear and easy communication between multiple nations through various methods. This includes radio and telephone, where words like “five” could be misconstrued for “fire”, a military command that could lead you to fire/engage when not intended. Another example is “nine”, which is hard for Germans to differentiate from “nein”, meaning “no”. That would get very confusing, very quickly. Therefore, it’s of utter importance to pronounce the numbers as shown in the right-hand column. Attached is a cheat sheet you can download to save as your phone’s lock screen. To practice, combine it with the previous alphabet post so you can study the letters and numbers simultaneously. A perfect way to do this is to read out license plates, making sure to enunciate not only quickly but CLEARLY. It doesn’t matter how fast you can read things out to your team if it’s not clear exactly what you mean.
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