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U.S. Coast Guard recruits clear a path to continue training in the 18-degree temperatures and gusty winds at Training Center Cape May, N.J., Jan. 3, 2013. More than half of the recruits assigned to Echo Company 189 have never shoveled snow before. The Coast Guard uses Cape May as its basic training facility because of its diverse weather conditions.

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U.S. Coast Guard recruits clear a path to continue training in the 18-degree temperatures and gusty winds at Training Center Cape May, N.J., Jan. 3, 2013. More than half of the recruits assigned to Echo Company 189 have never shoveled snow before. The Coast Guard uses Cape May as its basic training facility because of its diverse weather conditions.

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