Why should I?
It's an important skill to have for soldiers, such as Resistance members. Remember, you are the Resistance! Also, it helps you drill something and it's fairly easy. I use mnemonic devices and associate each word with something. This is how I remember my NATO alphabet and maybe how you can, too. I break it up into a few phrases and "stories" that have parts for each letter.
A: Alpha – that starts the alphabet
B: Bravo – pretend you're saying bravo in congratulations to a girl friend named
C: Charlie – (see above)
D: Delta – who was in Tri Delta, and your congratulations are so loud that they
E: Echo – (see above) off the wall while dancing the
F: Foxtrot – (see above)
G: Golf – a "gulf" between this and the rest, like the Gulf of Mexico, where you can stay at a
H: Hotel – (see above) or stay in
I: India – (see above)
J: Juliett – there's her and Romeo
K: Kilo – Juliet(t) "kilo"ed herself but wasn't in
L: Lima – (see above) when she did it, and she wasn't in love with someone named
M: Mike – (see above)
N: November – I just remember this one, somehow, but recall above, and she did not love
O: Oscar – (see above) either, but she did love her
P: Papa – (see above) – oh! and she wasn't in
Q: Quebec – (see above) either when she did it
R: Romeo – Juliet(t)'s love
S: Sierra – you can't stand in the rugged sierras and do the
T: Tango – (see above)
U: Uniform – don't ruin your uniform if you're named
V: Victor – (see above) by spilling
W: Whiskey – (see above) on it
X: X-ray – another that's easy to remember by itself
Y: Yankee – remember the "A" and "E" sounds in this word, skip "I" and "O" since the next ends with
Z: Zulu – a "U" sound
There you have it! I hope it makes sense and it's not that hard. It's pretty silly, but I've always memorized stuff that way, and it's not like you can use acronyms to remember letters, since they're as simple as it gets and stand for only themselves, and they're already in order.