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I'm not going to be dealing with firearms. >> ready. forward, march! >> i'm done with the little hood rat scenario. it's time to be a man. >> left. [ chanting ] >> that's how we do it in here. >> one unit! >> to go back in. say good-bye to my old buddies. it will be the last time that i see most of them. i might see some of them again. but i'm glad to leave. three years is a long time to be locked up. i've changed myself. so i mean i'm out of here. so -- >> what time do you go home today, john? >> 12:00, sir. >> after spending nearly all of his teenaged years in detention centers in lockup in ...

Their hands full interviewing other offenders who want a shot at being in the future soldier program. >> recite the pledge. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag -- >> 150 of pendleton's 300 inmates have applied for the unit. currently, there's only room for three more. >> it's a tight unit. we have to be very careful who we let into the unit. today is the selection interview process. we're going to do our best to screen out any people that might be detrimental to good order and discipline in the unit because we have to protect that. >> why are you requesting to join e-15? >> i would like to get ...

Wasn't going to leave by myself. >> after hours of interviews and debate the team has narrowed its search but there's no guarantee all three spots will be filled. >> i could see him doing good on this unit. i'm concerned about a lot of the manipulation that's in his background. >> you look at the pool of recruits that we have, you know general recruiter on the outside, you know they go to high schools and recruit. we go to general population and recruit. a lot of guys are coming to e-15 they really want to improve themselves. >> we want the ones that really want to change. >> yeah. >> one, sir...

>> frustrated. this teacher won't let me go to school. >> initially what had happened was the student was upset that he wanted to go speak with the teacher that we have on the unit. >> why would they not want you to go to school? >> i'm supposed to be working on my ged. he said if i go to that school they will not -- and then the white student said, bring him in. >> so he was pulling the race card and was wanting her -- he wanted her attention right then and there and she wasn't able to give him that right then and there and he was wanting to act out. >> so we're hungry and feeling some racial...

Environment at pendleton segregation unit that can be a challenge. >> some days when these young men come in, they're going to fight with me and they're going do everything they can to disrupt. a lot of them are so used to adult figures fighting with them and if you push back and then they'll push back and then you're locked in a battle and i'm not going to win and they're not going to win and i think a lot of it has to depend with the kids, wake up. does that light bulb go off? >> i got some sacks for you. >> so we got a lunch. there's check one. >> milk. >> it's all in presentation skills. y...