What does Whiskey Bravo mean?

A few words are used to sound out each letter – for example, Alpha is the letter “A” while Bravo is the letter “B” – making the title of the movie a reference to the NATO alphabet. Having the phrase “Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot” on the radio would be like saying “WTF.”.
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What does Bravo Foxtrot India mean?

7. What is a Blue Falcon? Answer: A Blue Falcon is also sometimes called a Bravo Foxtrot and is someone who messes things up for other members of their squad, either by causing drama or by betraying other members. It is not a complimentary term.
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What does Lima Golf Bravo mean?

Lima Golf Bravo - cool NATO Phonetic Military Alphabet Design with yellow initials highlighted for Let's Go Brandon!
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What does Foxtrot Juliet Bravo mean in military?

Foxtrot Juliet Bravo Meaning

“Foxtrot,” “Juliet,” and “Bravo” are all distinct terms and part of the military phonetic alphabet. The military uses this phonetic alphabet system to make sure that all forms of communication are error-free. It also helps shorten messages over communication devices like the radio.
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What does Hotel Sierra mean?

Sierra Hotel or sometimes Hotel Sierra. Meaning s***-hot, or its opposite. When that new lieutenant makes it through his first field training exercise without getting his platoon lost, you've got a sierra hotel lieutenant.
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The Military Alphabet (Nato Alphabet)



What is a Charlie Bravo?

Re: Code Charlie bravo

It is referring to Cumulonimbus clouds. The letters CB being the meteorological symbol for Cumulonimbus, and in the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) phonetic alphabet CB becomes Charlie Bravo.
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What does Charlie Delta mean?

Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta – these terms are used to designate the sides of a structure. Generally speaking, the “alpha” side is the front of the structure, the “bravo” side is the left side of the structure, “charlie” is the back of the structure and “delta” is the right side of the structure.
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What does Bravo Tango mean bomb?

Emergency Codes. AC – Aircraft crash ADW – Assault w/ a deadly weapon AID – Accident Investigation Detail BO – Out of order BT – Bomb threat ('Bravo Tango') CP – Complaining party CPD – City/County property damaged CRT – Information computer <– Time to burn those printouts!
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Do soldiers poop their pants?

Siddle wrote that in surveys of soldiers during World War II, “a quarter of combat veterans admitted that they urinated in their pants in combat, and a quarter admitted that they defecated in their pants in combat.”
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What does Oscar Mike mean in military code?

According to Urban Dictionary and VA, the term oscar mike is a military slang term that means “on the move” or “on mission.” Oscar and Mike are the words associated with the letters O and M in the military phonetic alphabet.
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What does Lima Charlie mean in the Army?

Lima Charlie: Loud and Clear.
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Why are firemen called Jakes?

Being a "Good J-Key" probably meant a fireman who was cool under the pressure and could send clear Morse code. "J-Key" was eventually shortened to "Jake", and when spread to the public, "Jake" came to be a common term for firemen in general.
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What is Bravo Foxtrot Delta?

The NATO phonetic alphabet system: ALPHA — BRAVO — CHARLIE — DELTA — ECHO — FOXTROT — GOLF — HOTEL — INDIA — JULIET — KILO — LIMA — MIKE — NOVEMBER — OSCAR — PAPA — QUEBEC — ROMEO — SIERRA — TANGO — UNIFORM — VICTOR — WHISKEY — XRAY — YANKEE — ZULU.
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What does Sierra Whiskey mean in military?

What Does Sierra Whiskey Mean In Military? “Well done” is said to be “Bravo Zulu” rather than “Whiskey Delta” because the term originated in naval history. Mike, you must continue on the mission. In Echo Tango Sierra: the term of expiration of service (someone who is about to end his or her tour of duty).
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What is Alpha Delta Charlie?

The ICAO phonetic alphabet has assigned the 26 code words to the 26 letters of the English alphabet in alphabetical order: 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.
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What is the military alpha code?

A typical use of the NATO Phonetic Alphabet would be to spell out each letter in a word over the phone by saying, for example: "S as in Sierra" (or "S for Sierra"), "E as in Echo, Y as in Yankee, F as in Foxtrot, R as in Romeo, I as in India, E as in Echo, D as in Delta" to communicate the spelling of the name " ...
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What does Alpha Charlie mean?

A euphemistic way to refer to an "ass-chewing," a harsh or angry scolding. (When spelling something out with the NATO phonetic alphabet, the words "alpha" and "Charlie" are commonly used for the letters A and C.) The boss is totally going to give us an Alpha Charlie if he hears that we lost that big client.
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What does Roger tango mean?

roger/roger that

Meaning: Message received. Origin: the NATO phonetic alphabet—a previous version of the alphabet used “Roger” to signify the letter R. Fun fact: Now they use “Romeo.”
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What does Delta Echo mean?

Delta and echo are the standard words for D and E in an international code for spelling out words clearly: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, . . . The usual word for I is India, but the alphabet has variations. 'Niner' is used for distinctiveness so it's not confused with the monosyllable 'one'.
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What are Alpha Bravo Charlie called?

Briefly put, Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, etc., are words used in spelling of the 26 letters of the Latin (resp. English) alphabet. They were designed to minimize the number of errors when spelling a series of letters during a radio transmission. The system is most commonly called the NATO phonetic alphabet.
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What do you call a female fireman?

Definition of firewoman

: a female firefighter a volunteer firewoman.
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What does cook your helmet mean?

Decarburization is a way of saying that, heating a helmet to a temperature that the structure of the steel becomes fluid and is then allowed to cool too fast prevents the carbon from remaining fully mixed within the steel.
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What does salty mean in the fire service?

The Fire Service adopted this term to apply to its most seasoned firefighters. Replacing the open seas with "the fire floor," the term "salty" is something that is earned. It begins with your first crawl down a dark, smoky, hot hallway..... Gettin' Salty Apparel was created to key on the fact we all love to do our job.
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What does Oscar Kilo mean?

The National Fire Chiefs Council has signed up to 'Oscar Kilo' which puts assessment, learning and conversation about wellbeing across the emergency services in one place.
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What does Tango Down mean?

Tango down is military slang announcing that an enemy has been defeated in combat.
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