How is a class number read?

[mad dog]

...We (AOCS Class 41-86) were mighty proud of that banner...yes, we were.

And just for the record, we (AOCS Class 41-86) continue to be mighty proud of that banner.

 

[LFCFan]

Yeah, our drill comp was just an evaluation, rather than real competition against anyone. Classes that got above a certain score got "gay little ribbons" (as our DI put it--we didn't meet the threshold...) on their guidon and points towards being an honor class.

Seems like our DIs were pretty different. Mine was drillmaster, and I was really scared what was going to happen if we didn't get the streamer.

I wonder if the "Party Banner" is still awarded. We "hooked up" or USMC DI (as well as a few of the other USMC DIs) at our class party at the AOC Club at NASP...so we subsequently were awarded the "Party Banner" which was of an orange and black tiger stripe configuration with "PARTY" lithographed on it. We (AOCS Class 41-86) were mighty proud of that banner...yes, we were.

Not awarded, and sadly I don't think it would fly these days.

 

[LET73]

@LFCFan, yeah, our DI mostly tried to pretend that he cared about how we did, but when we passed but didn't excel he didn't really fake disappointment.

...The party banner, on the other hand, we would have flown proudly. And I bet our DI would have been pleased about it, too.

 

[LFCFan]

@LFCFan, yeah, our DI mostly tried to pretend that he cared about how we did, but when we passed but didn't excel he didn't really fake disappointment.

...The party banner, on the other hand, we would have flown proudly. And I bet our DI would have been pleased about it, too.

If there was a party banner my DI would have been pleased, and we would have flown it proudly. But he was drillmaster and kind of obsessed with drill above and beyond the other DIs, so we had our work cut out for us.