Mess hall worker Betsy Lagakis, who will happily help serve the 1,100 recruits in the 1st Recruit Training Battalion at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island on Thursday before going home to her own Thanksgiving dinner, describes, on Nov. 22, 2016, the holiday feast in store for the young Marines in the making. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island celebrated the Marine Corps' 241st birthday with a pageant on Nov. 2, 2016.