These phrases are picked up by the troops, and they make their way into the vernacular and sometimes pop culture too.

Standing in front of the cashier in the take-out line, you tell them your name so you can pick up that pizza you called in 20 minutes ago. The confused cashier tells you, “Hmm, I don’t have an order ...

E very time an aircraft checks in with air traffic control, pilots identify themselves using a unique call sign, something like “Delta November Three Seven Two,” not “DN372.

If you have a tricky name that needs spelling out every now and then, or you ever need to clarify something like a password or an address over the phone, you might find yourself resorting to the NATO ...

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The build-up of troops on the Russia-Ukraine border has revitalised Nato, the military alliance that looked to be faltering, or even in a terminal decline, only a few months ago. With 30 countries ...