Family and friends line the streets of Parris Island,

Family and friends line the streets of Parris Island, S.C., to watch new Marines of India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, participate in a traditional motivational run Oct. 24, 2013. The 2.3-mile run was the first chance most of the attending families and friends had to see their new Marine in more than 12 weeks. India Company is scheduled to graduate Oct. 25, 2013. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink)