Recruits negotiate a rope climb as they complete a challenge course during morning training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot on Parris Island, SC. With the Pentagon budget expected to be cut at a time when the poor economy has military enlistments on the rise, the Marine Corps is becoming more selective in its standards."

Arthur Shenefelt, 92, stares out the front door of his Levittown home on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. For seven years, since his wife's death in 2005, Shenefelt has lived alone, unwilling to leave the home they shared for more than 50 years. "I think that's the lesson to learn from old age," Shenefelt said. "You realize you were in heaven, and you want it some more.""

Delran Emergency Squad EMT Lisa Kanoc tends to an injured man trapped inside a Dodge Grand Caravan at the scene of a one-vehicle accident along Burlington Avenue in Delanco Thursday."

Revelers dance on the boardwalk following the Coney Island Polar Bear Club's annual New Year's Day polar plunge in Brooklyn, NY. While the event draws hundreds of swimmers, thousands more come as spectators to enjoy the party-like atmosphere."

Laney Alvarado, 4, right, and friends pause after losing their Frisbee over a fence while playing behind their homes in Bristol Borough Friday, June 8, 2012."

Beth Alexander embraces her son Nicholas, 7, after a difficult therapy session on his legs at their Falls Township home. Nicholas was born with a severe form of Osteogenesis Imperfecta, commonly known as brittle bone disease, and spends most of his day in a wheelchair. "Without my mother I couldn't survive," Nicholas said."

James Morris of Cherry Hill pays a visit on Memorial Day to the graves of his son, Robert Morris, who was killed in Vietnam in 1969, and his wife, Alice, who passed away last year, at Beverly National Cemetery in Edgewater Park Monday. Morris, himself a World War II veteran, served aboard the Battleship New Jersey."

Marine Corporal Ralph Fleming runs along Indian Mills Road in Shamong Wednesday carrying the United States flag in a show of appreciation for the students and families of Indian Mills Elementary School who sent him letters and care packages while he was deployed in Iraq. Cheering as Fleming passes are Indian Mills third-grader Brandon Siedlecki, 9, center, and his dad Jeff Siedlecki of Shamong. Fleming ran with the flag for seven miles, from Indian Mills Elementary School, where his mother Peggy is a teacher, to his home in Medford."

Arthur Shenefelt is 92. Since his wife's death in 2005 he has lived alone, surrounded by memories, in the home they shared for 50 years."

Neshaminy High School graduate Michael Kane reflects on his 13 weeks of basic training at Parris Island, SC, to become a United States Marine. With the Pentagon budget expected to be cut at a time when the poor economy has military enlistments on the rise, the Marine Corps is becoming more selective in its standards."