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>> walk the line. >> stay out of trouble. have fun, bro. >> have fun. >> one time. >> one unit. >> the question is, permission to walk the line, sir. >> walk the line. >> whose house is this? >> our house! >> ohh-wa. >> ohh-wa. >> i'll miss you all, man. >> yes, sir. >> let's go see. >> as madden gets ready for his final graduation ceremony, just steps away, his mom prepares to see her son for the first time in two years. >> it's very hard on your emotions. i hate to say it, but after a while you kind of get used to him being gone, but i could come across a sock that belonged to him or walk ba...

Go to bed at the same time. there's no horseplay, absolutely no horseplay. is that going to be a problem? >> no, sir. >> 2100 is lights out, taps. there is no talking. if you was to be caught talking, the whole room gets up and does p.t. >> p.t.? >> physical training. >> would you have any problems with that? >> no, sir. >> how are you going to be able to handle taking direction and orders from other guys in your position? >> well, sir, i would think to myself if i listen to them then maybe one day i'll be able to get up there and be able to be the one. >> great answer. >> even though this off...

Echo-15 is tough. >> i wouldn't say i wouldn't let him on the unit. we have to weigh him out once we go through everyone else. >> he's always followed my orders. he's never questioned me. i was a new guy. brand-new on his unit, and he never gave me an ounce of trouble. >> as the interviews continue a familiar face walks through the door. >> pick your head up, man. >> i'm trying, you know. >> don't be nervous. you know us all. >> this impulsive teen was kicked out of the program once before. >> why do you want to come back to the unit? >> i can't do anything positive because of my actions and j...

These resources in the offender while he's at the facility and returning them back to the same environment that he was in before he came here, and the idea is that when they complete the future soldier program, they'll be released directly into one of the military branches. and leave here and go direct to boot camp. >> echo 15 -- >> 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...

And i folded my flag because being in a gang, it don't get you nowhere. and i will prove to you by coming over here, and you won't see me throwing up those gang signs that i throw. >> i've been talking to your officers, your school, i've been basically investigating on you to see if you are real serious and not just trying to play me. right now, i'm going to say yes. >> one of the first things you said when you sat down is that you felt like you were a victim of the system. what we need you to do at all times in this unit is have accountability for yourself and for what you've done to be in th...