Military Acronyms and Terms

1. Military Acronyms and Terms Guess what? AFTB begins at 0900 in the conference room at the ACS Building on Charlie Oscar Romeo Papa Sierra Blvd.

2. Course Objectives • Identify common military acronyms and terms. • Spell words using the military phonetic alphabet. • Convert between military time and conventional time. Military Acronyms and Terms

3. What did you say… Alphabet Soup? PCS BAH LES FTX MOBEX FRG CSM RSC Military Acronyms and Terms

4. What Are You Spelling? November Alpha Mike Echo Name Military Acronyms and Terms

5. What Time is it? 12:00 pm - noon 1200 10:00 am 1000 4:00 pm 1600 0200 2:00 am 12:00 am - midnight 2400 Military Acronyms and Terms

6. Converting Time 12:00 1200/2400 11:00 1100/2300 1:00 0100/1300 10:00 1000/2200 2:00 0200/1400 9:00 0900/2100 3:00 0300/1500 4:00 0400/1600 8:00 0800/2000 5:00 0500/1700 7:00 0700/1900 6:00 0600/1800 Military Acronyms and Terms

7. The first twelve hours of the day Always has four numbers Delete the colon before 10:00 am, add a zero 7:00 am to 0700 10:00 am to 12:00 pm it is read without the colon. 11:00 am to 1100 The first twelve hours of the day Insert the colon Before 1000, delete the zero 0700 to 7:00 am 1000 to 1200 insert the colon and read with am or pm 1100 to 11:00 am Tips for Converting Time Conventional to Military Military to Conventional The remaining twelve hours – between noon and midnight • Delete the colon • Just add twelve hours to the conventional time • 11:00 pm to 2300 • Subtract twelve hours • Insert the colon • 2300 to 11:00 pm Military Acronyms and Terms

8. Course Objectives • Identify common military acronyms and terms. • Spell words using the military phonetic alphabet. • Convert between military time and conventional time. Military Acronyms and Terms

9. Military Acronyms and Terms Guess what? AFTB begins at 0900 in the conference room at the ACS Building on Charlie Oscar Romeo Papa Sierra Blvd.