What does charley stand for inthe vietman war?

Answer 1

Charlie was the communits forces called the Viet cong. The military shortened it to an acronym,,,which it does to many things, to VC. In the phonetic alphabet the spelling is "Victor Charlie" , i.e, VC. It was shortened even farther to just charlie, and was a common way for soldiers in Vietnam to refer to them as such

Answer 2

In the military, one must spell letters using words to avoid confusion over the radio. For example, the letter "D" can be mis-heard or misunderstood to mean the letter "B" or "C". Consequently, the military uses the alphabet "Alpha" for A; "Bravo" for B; "Charley" for C; "Delta" for D; "Echo" for E; "Foxtrot" for F; "Golf" for G; "Hotel" for H; "India" for I; "Juliet" for J; "Kilo" for K; etc.

The Viet Cong in Vietnam were called "Victor Charley"; as "Victor" was the letter V. Instead of saying Victor Charley...many GIs just said "Charley." The NVA were November Victor Charley. US forces were Uniform Sierra.