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All of those terms are part of the Phonetic Alphabet.
If you've ever had to use a radio to communicate, or even a telephone, you know that some times letters are unclear, and the military found this out as well, so they developed a standardized way of enunciating letters over communications systems
in essence its the same thing as saying "s as in sam"
except its the military, so its gotta be all the same.
link to full Phonetic Alphabet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- ! Letter !!align=left| Code word !!align=left| Pronunciation!!align=left | IPA from ICAO (see [[NATO_phonetic_alphabet#Pronunciation|below]]) |- |align=center| [[A]] '''Alfa''' (ICAO, ITU, IMO, FAA)
'''Alpha''' (ANSI) '''AL''' FAH {{IPA|ˈælfɑ}} |- |align=center| [[B]] '''Bravo''' '''BRAH''' VOH {{IPA|ˈbrɑːˈvo}} |- |align=center| [[C]] '''Charlie''' '''CHAR''' LEE or
'''SHAR''' LEE {{IPA|ˈtʃɑːli}} or
{{IPA|ˈʃɑːli}} |- |align=center| [[D]] '''Delta''' '''DELL''' TAH {{IPA|ˈdeltɑ}} |- |align=center| [[E]] '''Echo''' '''ECK''' OH {{IPA|ˈeko}} |- |align=center| [[F]] '''Foxtrot''' '''FOKS''' TROT {{IPA|ˈfɔkstrɔt}} |- |align=center| [[G]] '''Golf''' GOLF {{IPA|gʌlf}} |- |align=center| [[H]] '''Hotel''' HO '''TELL''' (ICAO)
HOH '''TELL''' (ITU, IMO, FAA) {{IPA|hoːˈtel}} |- |align=center| [[I]] '''India''' '''IN''' DEE AH {{IPA|ˈindiˑɑ}} |- |align=center| [[J]] '''Juliett''' (ICAO, ITU, IMO, FAA)
'''Juliet''' (ANSI)'''JEW''' LEE '''ETT''' {{IPA|ˈdʒuːliˑˈet}} |- |align=center| [[K]] '''Kilo''' '''KEY''' LOH {{IPA|ˈkiːlo}} |- |align=center| [[L]] '''Lima''' '''LEE''' MAH {{IPA|ˈliːmɑ}} |- |align=center| [[M]] '''Mike''' MIKE {{IPA|mɑik}} |- |align=center| [[N]] '''November''' NO '''VEM''' BER {{IPA|noˈvembə}} |- |align=center| [[O]] '''Oscar''' '''OSS''' CAH {{IPA|ˈɔskɑ}} |- |align=center| [[P]] '''Papa''' PAH '''PAH''' {{IPA|pəˈpɑ}} |- |align=center| [[Q]] '''Quebec''' KEH '''BECK''' {{IPA|keˈbek}} |- |align=center| [[R]] '''Romeo''' '''ROW''' ME OH {{IPA|ˈroːmiˑo}} |- |align=center| [[S]] '''Sierra''' SEE '''AIR''' RAH (ICAO, ITU, IMO)
SEE '''AIR''' AH (FAA) {{IPA|siˈerɑ}} |- |align=center| [[T]] '''Tango''' '''TANG''' GO {{IPA|ˈtængo}} [''[[sic]]''] |- |align=center| [[U]] '''Uniform''' '''YOU''' NEE FORM or
'''OO''' NEE FORM {{IPA|ˈjuːnifɔːm}} or
{{IPA|ˈuːnifɔrm}} [''sic''] |- |align=center| [[V]] '''Victor''' '''VIK''' TAH {{IPA|ˈviktɑ}} |- |align=center| [[W]] '''Whiskey''' '''WISS''' KEY {{IPA|ˈwiski}} |- |align=center| [[X]] '''X-ray''' or
'''Xray''' '''ECKS RAY''' (ICAO, ITU)
'''ECKS''' RAY (IMO, FAA) {{IPA|ˈeksˈrei}} |- |align=center| [[Y]] '''Yankee''' '''YANG''' KEY {{IPA|ˈjænki}} [''sic''] |- |align=center| [[Z]] '''Zulu''' '''ZOO''' LOO {{IPA|ˈzuːluː}} |}
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