A white letter-board sign reading CONGRATULATIONS RECRUITER SCHOOL CLASS 5-26 in red type, with Marines in dress uniform standing on the steps behind it.

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Recruiter School · August 2026

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Recruiter School

August 2026 · 3 photographs

Graduation day for Recruiter School class 5-26 — the parade deck in the morning, the marquee, and the ceremony itself.

A dirt path running along a dry ridge, edged with rows of wooden crosses and lines of stones, with hills and low cloud beyond.

The Hill

August 2026 · 14 photographs

A hillside of hand-built crosses above the base, each one made and maintained by the people who knew the person it stands for. Photographed over an afternoon in August.

A beach backed by a steep bluff of palm trees, with a wooden lifeguard tower and stairway leading up from the sand.

Pacific Coast

August 2026 · 4 photographs

Two afternoons on the water, an hour or so before the light went.

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A glass museum case of framed photographs, letters and printed panels documenting local postal history. — The Record

A tall wooden display case holding open books, bound volumes and framed documents, lit warmly from within. — Reading Room

A concrete terrace outside a glass-walled building, low sun throwing long shadows of a steel stairway across the floor, with a single red chair. — Terrace, Late Afternoon

Large boulders in the foreground of a curving shoreline, dark kelp washed up along the tide line, cliffs receding into haze. — Rocks and Kelp

A lone figure standing in ankle-deep water on a wide, empty beach under overcast sky. — Shallows

A skimboarder caught mid-air above the shallows of a flat, grey-lit beach, arms out for balance. — Skimboarder

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