Coast Guard Practice Exam

Military time uses a 24-hour clock system, where hours from midnight to noon are represented as they are, while hours from noon to midnight have 12 added to them. Therefore, to convert 2:00 PM into military time, you add 12 to the hour. Since 2 PM is in the afternoon, you take 2 and add 12, resulting in 14. Therefore, 2:00 PM is expressed as 1400 in military time. This understanding is crucial for accurately reading and conveying time in a military context, where confusion from AM and PM designations is eliminated.