Does the military use the same phonetic alphabet?

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All USAF aircraft are required to make a gear down call regardless of where they are landing. We fly out of a civvie airport everyday, and they couldn't care less whether we make the call or not. We have to remind each other in the 4 ship sometimes. We may be cleared to land when we report 5 mile initial, but we still make the "Base, gear, stop" call or the "Glideslope intercept, gear down" call. It usually not acknowledged by the civ controllers, but we're still required to make the call. I'm all for it. Although I've never tried to roll off the perch gear up in 11 years, there is a first time for everything. As a single seat guy, you ask for all the help you can get sometimes...hence the 300-1 req. Lot's of 200 hr C-172 guys have told me, 'hell, I'm 200-1/2.' Congrats. But when is the last time you saw a single seat guy crash on an ILS solely due to WX? Guess it's working.