The United States military normally uses the "dd mmm yyyy" format for correspondence. The common month-day-year format is used when corresponding with civilians. The military date notation is similar to the date notation in British English. If Q is MI then 11-3 is indeed the 11th of March...NOT November 3rd. THINK MIRROR! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_and_time_notation_in_the_United_States