do they really do this in the military or SAS, etc???

Question

i read a series a while back that had something to do with the SAS. it was fiction of course, but in the book all the SAS men had codenames like "wolf", "fox", "eagle" etc. but i watch the military channel alot and i don't remember anything about animal codenames. so i was wonder: do they really do this? or is it just another fictional part of the authors imagination?

Answer 1

Ditto with above.
You will never know what code name was with what and when. But if you can think of a word not obscene, I'm sure it has been used.

Answer 2

Radio code names are a reality. They usually change frequently, but call signs can last as long as a person is in the military, or change frequently as required. A call sign is usually like a nickname for a person, rather than a code name for security purposes.
and to the person who was doing the phonetic alphabet, Y = Yankee.

Answer 3

A= alpha B= Bravo C=charlie D=delta E=echo F=foxtrot G= golf H=hotel I=india J=juliet K=kilo L=lima M=mike N=november O=oscar P=papa Q=quebec R=romeo S=sierra T=tango U=uniform V=victor W=whiskey X=xray Y(i err forget y) Z=zulu. ill go find y right quick and fix this post. the codenames never change the thing being coded is what changes. i wanna say Y= yesterday if any one knows y and im wrong plz correct me

Answer 4

only in Hollywood do you get all these cute tags,

in reality these people would have a single digit number 1, 2, 3, + so on, unless operating in very large groups, vehicles & air assets might carry a color designation, depending on the mission.

The whole purpose of communication in the military (particularly in a combat / infiltration mission) is to keep transmission time short and sweet to prevent the enemy picking up your transmissions.

Of course the Airforce play by a different set of rules down to painting their nicknames on the helmets and personal names on the planes.

Answer 5

Most all units have a Callword that htey use on the radio to identify themselves wihtout stating what unit it is. Some of them have become so habitual, however, that if you study the unit at all you'll still know who it is.

In my own (National Guard) unit they are even mandated by state law. Some examples:
45th Infantry Brigade--Thunderbird
1-180th Infantry Battalion--Warrior
1-160th Field Artillery Battlaion--Seminole
700th Support Battalion--Cherokee

Answer 6

Actually, your call sign (as we folks in the Army know it) does not change with each mission. If it did, I would have had a hard time keeping up with the radio traffic in the TOC while deployed in Kandahar! Some of the call signs that I heard while monitoring the radio were: 'Playboy', 'Storm', 'Mustang' and my personal favorite: 'Moneyshot'

Answer 7

It is untrue. They have simple cover names like Robert, Kenneth, etc.

Answer 8

most,but not all name are used as a military code to no which co. they represent,its susposed to be s secret code

Answer 9

sometimes they use different names when they are talking over an unsecured line...because they dont want to give away who they are...but like the other person said...

they change with each mission.

Answer 10

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