@litchralee_v6 @whitequark @ryanc I mean the US has a huge range of accents too. And the use of phonetics especially in call center staff is common, it's just often something homegrown not the NATO standard alphabet.
Of course, many US police/fire agencies (IIRC NYPD and LAPD) have homegrown phonetics too because the NATO one isn't good enough for them for some reason lol. So who knows.