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"Mike" or "Pork Chop" was the hand held micro-phone for your tank, APC, or Jeep radio. "Mike" is also the phonetic letter for "M". Example: "November...I spell...November Oscar Victor Echo MIKE Bravo Echo Romeo..."

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A "Mike" in military time is a U.S. abbreviation for 'minutes.' The term comes from the NATO military alphabet, adopted in the 1950's.

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Mike in the military is a code when radioing meaning the letter M so to say Maine it would be Mike Alpha Indigo November Echo

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