Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and other life-saving words. Jim Witherell: Ack, Beer, Kilogramme, Uppsala, Xanthippe and other words that saved lives and led to our current phonetic alphabet.

Here is how the words were chosen and how the alphabet has evolved. What is the Nato phonetic alphabet for? It was created as a standardised way for aircrews around the world to make themselves ...

Outlast began with 16 contestants divided into four groups of four people: Teams Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, and Delta. However, allegiances shifted as time went on.

Fans are not happy with Call of Duty using code names for weapons. While the devs have explained why they can't use the original names of the guns, the community reaction has been somewhat dismissive.

Police Minister Bheki Cele said the average response times with police stations linked to 10111 command centres were broken down into three complaint categories: Alpha, Bravo and Charlie.