For army, correct spelling, Alfa or Alpha?

It is funny you ask that, you can go to 10 Military web sites and 5 will have it spelled Alpha and 5 Alfa. I am retired from the Army, I do not ever remember spelling them, just saying them. That is the idea, You would not send a message that spelled A out, you use it so they do not confuse letters, and misspell things. I just pulled out an STP 21-1 SMCT which is a Soldier's Manual of Common Tasks, Warrior Skills Level 1, Page 3-248. A is Spelled ALFA. So I hope this helps

Alpha Spelling

alpha, bravo, charlie, delta are the first four, of course, but to answer your question, you wouldn't spell it. It's for verbal communication. Writing down adds unnecessary noise to the message by making letters words. But if you mean like a character speaking in a story, it's alpha.

The Greek letter is ALPHA, and the phonetic alphabet accepts both.

No one has ever spelled it alfa.

Probably a couple days after confirmed sightings of pigs flying.

You pronounce it alfa, you spell it ALPHA.

Either Spelling is acceptable.

http://usmilitary.about.com/od/theorderlyroom/a/al...

alpha

The latter.