Posted: 11/30/2006 9:30:11 PM EDT
| I've never known how to tell Military time. Any help would be greatly appreciated! |
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Let's say you've been on a recon patrol in the jungle for 3 days and ask for an extract at 1100. You don't want that confused with 1100 pm (civilian) as then you would be sitting in an LZ for 12 extra hours. So 1100 is 11 am (civilian) and 2300 is 11 pm (civilian). One simple example. And you would also designate the time zone. Such as 1100Z (Zulu). But that's a whole other class. |
DON'T GET ME STARTED on the fucking metric system!!!  |
The USA didn't become the industrial powerhouse that it Look how far it got them? Heh.38x89 mm just doesn't sound as good as two-by-four.
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I don't know why but the navy term "Muster" always bugged me when they would announce it over the ship's 1MC. "Muster" sounds like something that should go on your hotdog at a Yankees game, Marines stand in formations for morning inpections. |
Yeah, well, I was an anchor cranker. I don't know what the ground pounders or the flyboys call it. *shrug* |
They are the same, however, some people use them to differentiate between activities that happen today or tomorrow. The reason for "24-hour time" is that the Earth is divided into 24 time zones. If you look at the earth from over one of the poles, it looks like a 24-hour clock. This was done for navigational purposes. |
In the Nav we called "midnight" 2400 hrs. 01:01 AM was referred to as 0001 hrs. The whole "hour" of 01:00am/0001 was referred to as "balls" as in "I have the fucking balls to four watch in the morning and then muster at 0700 hours". One of the aircraft in my squadron was numbered 00 at the end... it was called "balls" too (leaky, beat up old POS that it was). All those birds are gone to the chop shop out West now. |
Sir, eight bells signify the change of the watch every four hours. Subsequent to the change of the watch one bell is added each half hour of the four hour watch. Two bells are struck on the hour, once for the first hour, twice for the second hour, three times for the third hour and four times at the fourth hour and change over to the next watch. Therefore one bell is struck on the first half hour after the change of watch (ding), two bells for the first hour (ding, ding), three bells (ding, ding, pause ding) for the third half hour, four bells (ding, ding, pause ding, ding) for the second hour, etc. HTH, 7zero1. |
Which, in this context could be at anytime during a day off. Because, after a few deployments you realize that it truly is "Noon somewhere."  ~Dg84 |
The airline industry uses military time, so it was easy for me to adapt. We also use the phonetic alphabet when calling out part numbers and such.I was recently calling around about parts for my truck. I used the phonetic alphabet with one auto store parts clerk and all I heard was silence on the other end of the line. 
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I learned 24hr time through the US Navy and midnight was 2400. I say both are right, you do it your way and I'll do it my way. 2400 is then end of 1 day and 0001 is the start of another. |
Of course you can confuse them with DOG watches. |
Okay. It's not like that's another topic that has been beat to death.  It's about time for you furrner's to lurn the lanquage if y'all want to live in this Great Country.  |
I use both! At the end of the Julian day, I close the log with 2400z, and open the new log with 0000z. I don't remember why I started doing it that way, and I don't recall ever seeing it written down anywhere. As long as it's clear what your saying, it doesn't matter! |