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ALPHA
- divers of friendly underwater demolition personnel down
- position indicator
- displayed where best seen
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BRAVO
- weapons practices
- fueling of transferring explosives
- displayed on appropriate side, or where best seen
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CHARLIE
- Affirmative
- displayed where best seen
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DELTA
- Degaussing
- displayed where best seen
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ECHO
- I am altering my course to starboard
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FOXTROT
- Flight operations
- diplayed where best seen
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GOLF
- Guide flag
- displayed where best seen
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HOTEL
- Helicopter operations
- Displayed where best seen
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INDIA
- going alongside (in port or at anchor)
- displayed on side rigged
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JULIET
- Semaphore message
- Answered by addressee
- displayed where best seen
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KILO
- personnel working aloft
- in port only
- displayed where best seen
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LIMA
- RADHAZ ZERO WARNING
- displayed where best seen
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MIKE
- Medical duty ship (not underway)
- Movements (underway) - disregard my movements
- displayed where best seen
- repeated by adressee
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NOVEMBER
- your movements not understood
- displayed where best seen, repeated by addressee
- visual watch -- not keeping visual watch
- in port - displayed where best seen
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OSCAR
- man Overboard
- displayed where best seen
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PAPA
- general recall - all personnel return to ship immediately
- in port
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QUEBEC
- boat recall
- displayed where best seen
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ROMEO
- Replenishing or transferring alongside method
- Fueling astern method
- displayed on side rigged
- Ready duty ship (Roger ship)
- displayed where best seen
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SIERRA
- drill Signal - signal flying is for flaghoist drill only
- displayed where best seen
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TANGO
- Time indicator (precedes numerals)
- displayed where best seen
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UNIFORM
- anchoring, mooring, weighing anchor
- displayed where best seen or on appropriate side
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VICTOR
- streaming/recovering towed sonic devices (not including mine sweeping equipment)
- displayed on appropriate side or where best seen
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WHISKEY
- information addressee - information addressee follow
- at yardarm
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X-RAY
- exercise - evolution/exercise completed
- displayed at fore yardarm
- repeated by addressee
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YANKEE
- acknowledge - repeated by addressee.
- displayed at yardarm
- location of OTC
- displayed where best seen
- visual communication duty ship
- displayed where best seen
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ZULU
- "I require a tug"
- when made by fishing vessels, "I am shooting nets"
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