Military Phonetic Alphabet
Since the story is about a para-military outfit, a lot of the language used is derived from military slang. Therefore it seemed appropriate to explain some of those phonetic abbreviations.
||~ Phonetic Used ||~ ||~ Meaning ||~ ||~ Explanation ||~ ||~ First Used || ||= __Charlie Foxtrot__ || || Cluster Fuck || || Worst possible chaotic situation imaginable || || || ||= __Tango Uniform__ || ||< Tits Up alternative: Toes Up || || Dead. Done for, like a dead body swimming in water || || || ||= __SNAFU__ || || Situation Normal, All Fucked Up || || completely fouled up. || || || ||= __FUBAR__ || || Fucked Up Beyond All Repair || || || || || Just a bit off fun: India Foxtrot Yankee Oscar Uniform Charlie Alpha November Uniform November Delta Echo Romeo Sierra Tango Alpha November Delta Tango Hotel India Sierra, Charlie Oscar Papa Yankee Alpha November Delta Papa Alpha Sierra Tango Echo Tango Oscar Yankee Oscar Uniform Romeo Sierra Tango Alpha Tango Uniform Sierra
The current Phonetic alphabet known to 21st-century readers of SchlockMercenary was put into place in 1957[1] .