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Old 06-21-2008, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Feuerfalke View Post
In the former British Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabeth "Roger" was standing for "R", just like the "Romeo" in the NATO-Alphabeth now.

R simply was the abbreviation for "received".

IIRC it's usage even reached back to the morse-times, but I don't have the time to look that up right now.

I feel like I'm watching Lee Ermey on "Mail Call" (LOL)...
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