Army Post Road

So someone pointed out that maybe my post from Tuessday requires a little glossary to explain all the abbreviations and acronyms I used.  So we'll go one-by-one and elucidate the issue.

state DOT:  the Iowa Department of Transportation (the mean-spirited people who control drivers' licensing)

PC:  in this case it means probable cause; a peace officer's justification for stopping, detaining, or arresting a person.  probable cause requires a reasonable and logical suspicion that a condition or behavior in a person that indicates a crime is being or has been committed

OWI:  Operating While Intoxicated.  Which is legally and substantially different from Driving Under the Influence (DUI) or Driving While Intoxicated (DWI).  OWI requires that you only utilize any any function of your car (open your door, unlock your door, put the keys in the ignition, lower the window, yada yada yada) while DUI/DWI require that you be driving the car.

IC:  Iowa City (if you really needed that explained you are not S-M-R-T)

OMG:  Oh my god/goodness

AIT:Advance Individual Training;  where they teach you your job in the military

OPFOR:  Opposing Force;  the unit of soldiers assigned to emulate the tactics, techniques, and procedures of an enemy force.  Last summer when I was in the OPFOR at Ft Riley we pretended to be both Iraqi civilians and Iraqi and Al-Qaeda terrorists (running around pretending to be a raghead was fun!)

SpoCo: the Sports Column; my personal favorite bar in Iowa City

SGT: sergeant; a non-commissioned rank in the military (in the paygrade of E-5 in the Army and Marine Corp)

SFC: Sergeant First Class; a rank exclusive to the Army (paygrade of E-7)

SSG: Staff Sergeant; a rank in the Army, Marine Corp, the Air Force (E-6 in both the Army, Marine Corp, and Air Force)

MSG:  Master Sergeant; a rank in the Army, Marine, and Air Force (E-8 in the Army and Marine, E7 in the Air Force)

MP:  military police

MOS:  military occupational specialty; the alpha-numeric designation of what your job in the military is (I'm a 42L, an administrative specialist)

CPT:  military rank of captain in all branches of the US military; (O-3 in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corp; O-6 in the Navy)

CD:  compact disc

Any more questions?  Haha I an give personalized, one-on-one lessons to explain any of these if you want them. :-p