Introduction to Army Communication

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Introduction to Army Communication
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Agenda

• Phonetic Alphabet
• Letters
• Numbers
• Basic radio procedures
• Call signs
• MEDEVAC Request

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Phonetic Alphabet

• Use words to represent letters
• First letter corresponds to the letter
• Prevents confusion on a radio, B can sound much
  like D

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Phonetic Alphabet

• A Alpha B Bravo C Charlie
• D Delta E Echo F Foxtrot
• G Golf H Hotel I India
• J Juliet K Kilo L Lima
• M Mike N November
• O Oscar P Papa Q Quebec
• R Romeo S Sierra T Tango
• U Uniform V Victor W Whiskey
• X X-Ray Y Yankee Z Zulu

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Numbers

• Spell out numbers greater than 9
• Some numbers are pronounced differently to avoid
  confusion
• 0 Zero 6 Six
• 1 One 7 Seven
• 2 Two 8 Eight
• 3 Tree 9 Niner
• 4 Four 10 One-Zero
• 5 Fife 11 One-One

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Basic Radio Procedures

• Use call signs to represent people, objectives,
  locations, etc
• Brevity and completeness are key
• The station that originates the communication
  terminates it
• Use of code words and brevity codes

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MEDEVAC Request

• LINE 1 Location of Pick-up site
• Use 8 digit grid if possible
• LINE 2 Radio freq and call sign
• LINE 3 of patients by precedence
• A-Urgent, B-Urgent Surgical, C-Priority,
  D-Routine, E-Convenience

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MEDEVAC Request

• LINE 4 Special Equipment Required
• A-Urgent, B-Hoist, C-Extraction Equip,
  D-Ventilation
• LINE 5 of patients by type
• L-Litter patients, A-Ambulatory patients
• LINE 6 (wartime) Security of pick-up site
• N-No enemy, P-Possible enemy, E-Enemy in area,
  X-Enemy in area, armed escort

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MEDEVAC Request

• LINE 7 Method of marking site
• A-Panels, B-pyro, C-Smoke, D-None, E-Other
• LINE 8 Patient Nationality
• A-US Military, B-US Civilian, C-Non-US Military,
  D-Non-US Civilian, E-EPW
• Line 9(wartime) NBC Contamination
• N-Nuclear, B-Biological, C-Chemical