Senior drill instructor Sgt. Fernando Horta Jr. teaches

Senior drill instructor Sgt. Fernando Horta Jr. teaches recruits of Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, how they will eat March 27, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits learn to be orderly, even when eating. The young men spent their first week on the island learning and adjusting to the standards of Marine boot camp. This first week, known as receiving week, prepares recruits for the official training curriculum so they may be successful. Horta is a 28-year-old from West New York, N.J. Bravo Company is scheduled to graduate June 20, 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)