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>> i love this program. i am a vietnam vet myself. >> counselor frank sawyer is a corporate retiree. >> you are dealing with the physical parts of the program? >> like i've done 250 push-ups today alone. >> good. that's excellent. >> inside pendleton, he found the work of a lifetime with kids like madden and the future soldiers of echo 15. >> the futures soldiers program kind of breathes extra life into what i'm trying to do. >> attention on deck. >> when you step in there, somebody's in your face. >> good morning. >> good morning, sir. >> attention. and they answer you, if not yes, it's yes, ...

Is when they complete the future soldier program that they'll be released directly into one of the military branches and leave here again right to boot camp. >> housed in pendleton's echo 15 unit, 24-carefully screened offenders make up the future soldier's program, but getting their prison walking papers and marching straight to boot camp isn't so simple. there's still red tape. military requirements demand offenders be out of pendleton 30 days after their release before they can officially enlist and 30 days can be a lifetime for kids like madden, who returned to drugs and gang infested neig...

Okay? get some lunch in you and tomorrow, we'll start all over and if you've got conflict with that teacher, just let that go because you're there to get your ged, which in the end, has nothing to do with her, right? >> yeah. >> because that's for down the road. >> she was the reason i got -- >> no. you need to take on the accountability. you're here because whatever happened with you. but you're also going to get out of here because of whatever you do. so you've got the control with that. so take her out of equation. does that work? okay? thank you. 99% of the time i would say they just want ...

Soldier program that they'll be released directly into one of the military branches and leave here again right to boot camp. >> housed in pendleton's echo 15 unit, 24-carefully screened offenders make up the future soldier's program, but getting their prison walking papers and marching straight to boot camp isn't so simple. there's still red tape. military requirements demand offenders be out of pendleton 30 days after their release before they can officially enlist and 30 days can be a lifetime for kids like madden, who returned to drugs and gang infested neighborhoods. >> what really makes m...

Tomorrow, we'll start all over and if you've got conflict with that teacher, just let that go because you're there to get your ged, which in the end, has nothing to do with her, right? >> yeah. >> because that's for down the road. >> she was the reason i got -- >> no. you need to take on the accountability. you're here because whatever happened with you. but you're also going to get out of here because of whatever you do. so you've got the control with that. so take her out of equation. does that work? okay? thank you. 99% of the time i would say they just want somebody to listen. they just wa...