Multiple-color letterpress print printed by hand with a Vandercook SP-15 letterpress. The NATO Phonetic Alphabet is a spelling alphabet, a set of words used instead of letters in oral communication (over the phone or military radio), to help avoid confusion when letters and numbers are difficult to spell or when there are different pronunciations or poor line communication. It is called the NATO alphabet because it was standardized by the member countries in the 1950s to allow accurate exchange of radio messages between military forces of all the member nations. Inspired by my son, a Lieutenant in the U.S. Marines.

Multiple-color letterpress print printed by hand with a Vandercook SP-15 letterpress. The NATO Phonetic Alphabet is a spelling alphabet, a set of words used instead of letters in oral communication (over the phone or military radio), to help avoid confusion when letters and numbers are difficult to spell or when there are different pronunciations or poor line communication. It is called the NATO alphabet because it was standardized by the member countries in the 1950s to allow accurate exchange of radio messages between military forces of all the member nations. Inspired by my son, a Lieutenant in the U.S. Marines.

Multiple-color letterpress print printed by hand with a Vandercook SP-15 letterpress. The NATO Phonetic Alphabet is a spelling alphabet, a set of words used instead of letters in oral communication (over the phone or military radio), to help avoid confusion when letters and numbers are difficult to spell or when there are different pronunciations or poor line communication. It is called the NATO alphabet because it was standardized by the member countries in the 1950s to allow accurate exchange of radio messages between military forces of all the member nations. Inspired by my son, a Lieutenant in the U.S. Marines.