>Ha!  You silly Kiwi,

I'm an import...

>do you think you can correct the mighty U.S. military?
>Every good soldier, sailor and airman knows that multiple acronyms require
>apostrophes!  Even if they didn't teach me that in the university where I
>earned a degree in English Journalism.

Yup, they love to teach 'em wrong.

>Now, if you please, explain why 'it's' is 'it is' while 'its' belongs to it.

It's: contraction of "it is". His, hers, theirs, its; possessive pronoun,
not noun.

>After that help me figure out whay the damn van is running so bad.

It has a VW engine.

Andrew