Sgt. Maj. Brian Taylor, recruting station Baltimore sergeant major, and Gunnery Sgt. Maurice Bease, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron squadron gunnery sergeant, in attendance at a recruit graduation aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, April 6. Taylor and Bease hadn't spoke in 10 years after an unfortunate rumor of Bease's death in the 9/11 attack on the Pengtagon spread.