The practice of naming military operations began with the German General Staff during World War I, primarily to maintain ...

The Crimean War in the 1850s was the first war in which the military used Morse code. ... for example, hosted a Morse code operator boot camp of sorts from 1917-19 for the U.S. Naval Radio School.

For example, the U.S. Africa Command (based, of course, in Stuttgart) was allowed to choose between three groups of letters when naming the Libyan air campaign: JS-JZ, NS-NZ, and OA-OF.

This version came into effect in 1951 for non-military aviation only, and included many of the same words used in today’s NATO phonetic alphabet. But the IATA alphabet at that time was still a ...

Three words keep appearing under social media posts about US President Donald Trump's controversial military parade, though on first glance they make no sense. "Foxtrot Delta Tango" is the phrase ...

Dannah Eve, a criminologist and safety expert, revealed why every family should have a secret code word to protect them from dangerous scenarios. “Here’s a safety tip for all of my families ...

Navajo code talker John Kinsel, Sr. celebrated a major milestone earlier this year — his 106th birthday. Who were the World War II Navajo Code Talkers? During World War II, the U.S. Marines ...

That's where the code word comes in. When a scammer captures your voice and uses it with your family, they won't know it's not really you. ... Example video title will go here for this video.

And so, for example, we are also seeing Confederate generals whose names have been attached to military bases and then removed from those bases, those names have now been reattached.

Secret 500-year-old letters sent by King Ferdinand II of Aragon to one of his military commanders have finally been deciphered. Spain’s Army Museum called in experts from Spain’s intelligence ...

Nez was one of 29 members of the Navajo Nation who helped create the code used by the American military in World War II -- a code that Japanese soldiers were never able to break during the conflict.