Staff Sgt. Matthew Stephens, one of four drillmasters,

Staff Sgt. Matthew Stephens, one of four drillmasters, reviews Platoon 4023, November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, during their final drill evaluation June 25, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. The drillmasters, experts on the Marine Corps Drill and Ceremonies Manual, grade recruits on discipline and how well they performed each precision movement. Stephens, 30, is from Danville, Va. November Company is scheduled to graduate July 3, 2014. 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. Octavia Davis)