Originally Posted by MaximumLawman

Sorry, but former military guys sound like dorks on the police radios when they insist on retaining military phonetic expressions and jargon. You're not in the military anymore. Adopt to the new culture, code and jargon. There's nothing wrong with "Adam" instead of "Alpha".

And speaking of jargon, the NIMS system advocates talking like a normal person. Ten codes are a thing of the past.



First names? Boy? Tarzan, Jane Cheetah....X-ray.....Zebra. I use "Xylophone" for X but people keep confusing it for Z!