Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot, Golf?

The Official U.S Military alphabet reads as such:
Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
....

Okay I've read enough. My short point tonight is, why on earth would an American soldier first associate the letter L with the word 'Lima'?

There's Looney, Loopy, Latex, Lozenge, Labor, Labial consonant, Lab, Lackey or even Love if they were running out of ideas! (Google also suggested: L'Oreal, but... nah.)

On second thoughts. Lima is good. Yeah, lets keep Lima.

Touche.

Image: Who said Physics was boring? Its spaghetti-crazy-town. Alasdair was just to the top left of this picture. He was having a I-know-what-I'm-doing day, more on that and fluctuating readings later, when I write a comprehendible post.