Commonly used phrases

This is a collection of standard phrases that are used by all NATO member states to ensure efficient communication.

Procedure Words (Prowords):

• Affirmative: Yes/Permission granted/Correct
• Negative: No/Permission not granted/Incorrect
• Roger: Message recieved and understood
• Wilco: Will comply, will execute the given task
• Stand by: Wait for further information or instructions
• Disregard: Ignore the (last) transmission because of wrong information 
• Copy: Message was recieved; When used with "Say when ready to copy"/"Stand by to copy" this means be prepared to note the following message down