The military time could be for a engilsh or european model however if the clock is not functioning correctly it will span time extremely fast and stop at intervals appearing to be military as well this is because the set button is broken and the clockis spanning time because the button is not stopping the settings the clock continues to move at a rapid fast pace. the only dimming switch for the instructment cluster is next to the clock on the left hand side consult your owners mannuel and please give us achence to answer all your questions thanks