I was in Class 20-97. We failed to secure on our first MTT, and became the laughingstock of the Battalion (there was only one battalion back then). We secured a couple of weeks later on the PI, but we still needed some way to earn a little respect. Our DI, GYSGT Dozier, decided the Drill Comp would be great for this, so he drilled the daylights out of us. The last three or four classes before us had missed the drill pennant, so we had a pretty clear goal going into the comp.
The Saturday before Drill Comp, we got the word that Batt II was being re-opened, and we would be the first class moving in. So, we spent the morning packing up and moving across the parking lot into the upstairs wing of Batt II. We knew somebody was living downstairs, because we were not allowed down there. Later we found out it was Saudi flight students, and since they were both officers and guests on NASP, their living conditions were considerably more relaxed than ours were. In fact, we didn't see them at all that weekend.
Monday morning we got up early for Drill Comp. We scored something like 104 or 105 out of a possible 112; I think 97 would get us the pennant. Master Guns told Gunny Dozier we looked pretty good, and after he left, Dozier called us all together and said, "You got the pennant, and that's good, but you broke 100, and that's really good. I'm proud of you." That was the first compliment we had earned from him, so between that and our score, we were really pumped up. He dismissed us, and the section leader marched us back to the driveway back by the pit. When we fell out, it was our first opportunity to express ourselves, so we let loose with the cheers and yells. We had to get ready for class, so we charged up the stairs, still yelling at the top of our lungs. Apparently, nobody told the Saudis that our class had taken over the top of their building. Several of them were standing at the bottom of the stairs, smoking their morning cigarettes. Imagine their surprise when suddenly 30 screaming, wild-eyed, rifle-carrying OCs rounded the corner on a dead run toward them. That was almost 6 years ago, and I still remember the look in their eyes .... definitely one of the highlights of my OCS experience.