wonderful feel it should not for our next week write from healthy young. sixty. three year olds not. upright get your point without crying. and. i think. america has pledged to turn these children into heroes these junior troops include five hundred thousand miners across the united states they're the hope of a fearful country they're destined to defy tera the first generation post nine eleven. s. at this public school in chicago's south one in five

students opted for the army an hour of classes a day five times a week taught by retired service members i i i i. these youngsters are in year eight they're new to the program they'll receive their uniforms today. the u.s. army is teaching at more than three thousand public schools students who aren't for the army are exempt from physical education. the biggest thing i look at as just make sure your hair does not hurt your ears. they're facing a four year program created unfunded by the pentagon rights of fingernails right here. authorized colors.

let me see your nails right now hold them up right now tomorrow. if she doubt her nails like this right here she's going to lose points let me see goals come from so we come from structure to it and we know what it takes to create a structured environment regular teacher is a graduate teaches to to fit and then they start teaching but i don't think they really understand classroom management or manage in large groups of people. different. different ways of doing it like we do this and maybe that's why we can get the kids do push ups but a regular teacher could you know as i want to you know become more of a better citizen in the country well i just want to become stronger physically and

mentally ill some of those kids would. listen to facebook. just like i was it's risky. business interests. will close i would like to say stuff like this as well but any question soul for. the j r o t c program was founded in one thousand nine hundred sixteen. one but over time its influence waned it was only after nine eleven that president george bush revitalized its image shortly thereafter the military starts preparing for war in afghanistan they need volunteers but there aren't any due to the impending war officially the pentagon calls it a contribution to the development of youth in chicago colonel retired off to serving thirty three years in the army supervises junior cadets well the junior

o.t.c. . program is really about citizenship it's about. teaching young boys and girls high school age you know young men and women about service and you know what they can do to better themselves but i have nothing to do with recruiting so it's a distinct difference and it's a very important point because a lot of people a lot of teachers don't understand that they think that we are and you know we almost get defensive because we have to explain that we're not on a regular basis in chicago the program is widespread the army teaches that one in four schools are training more than ten thousand adolescents the authorities accept this militarization of education especially useful for fighting gangs. for neighborhoods harlem high school another one finger and so south and west ten an era to be the rough once. again it's what i would call the game we give alternative

is great after two days for kids to do things a lot of fun and give back to the society the army is a good gang acting as a counterweight to the violent gangs last year three hundred one use under sixteen were shot thirty one died. to protect students the city provide security for their way home the guards are mostly veterans of iraq and afghanistan. i go for be careful. people die every night two thousand and sixteen was the deadliest year in chicago this past decade six hundred dead more than in any other american city shady characters walk the street as a curfew for people under twenty one starting at nine in the evening.

district in the city's south. in the morning. he's getting ready for school she's been in the sea for four years. kind of excited to wear it because. when you have. your actual. i guess legace just. a uniform rules. over chaos for childhood shaped by violence. on wednesdays students.

the three hundred eighty cadets have to wear the uniform one in five students has opted for the army the day starts with a troop inspection. didn't take up you don't you don't have you don't think of the gulf you do not want your mum think over your clothes you carrying your forearm i miss. and. since september yasmin has been leading the cadets she is the boss she inspects the troops. dealing with the army yeah because at school like we're so used to like just doing everything maybe halfway and not actually giving it our hundred and when you see like the army videos you're like oh my god like they're so strict they have to do everything in unison whether you're shy or not your chance to step up to any problems so that the way for

a comfortable with yourself and things you are yourself so pretty much gives you that confidence but. that's read again if you let it. run its own see. it. doesn't just teach these students discipline they also learn the history of the armed forces as well as doing civil studies and getting into shape the pentagon provides the pool and is the sole decision maker regards their content. what does the army expense of the children it moves to its ideals officially nothing but it's hard to ignore the sergeant's business. yes. this. this all of. the recruiters they leave their carts and these a

different for others navy army. marine corps and if lucky it is interested in the military will give them the card and they contact the recruiter and the recruiter assist them in joining the military and that's why i said that we really don't. recruit we'll sister if the cadet is interested in going in the military but we don't recruit ourselves it's a win win because at the college level if the kid meets the requirements he or she could get either a for four years style should pay four or three or even two and then at the end of their college when they're about to graduate then they would be commissioned as an officer in the army air force or navy which actually pays very well if you go to college the additional way there's no guarantees you get a job when you graduate college. does the school administration approve of these

methods how to teach is that america's public schools see the presence of the army in their classrooms now and see wiley headmistress at the hub of school is pragmatic. c.p.s. is struggling sometimes you know financially so we have to be real careful about our how we promote programs and how we finance programs and share to some program is one of the through the district so we don't take our school money to pay to have free teaches. yes it is which is a nice thing so and there are military there are retired military. officers and they come in. and they give back to the kids so they get paid through the to the army to some program and this is me so it's nice it's something we don't have to pay for so. the program also includes morning and evening activities before and off to school formal training parades military music

college. the army is creative in how it uses military drills to inspire and thousands of american youngsters to become soldiers. local blogs telling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battle. to stop spreading tell you that because of the public but ralph little boy. i think tell you on the cool enough to buy their products. we have all the dollars worth watching. here's what people have been saying about redacted in night it's you know i was

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it's taken these children's hopes. now threatens to take their future. the volcano here could erupt again at any time. most people have a strong choice. live in poverty. or join a cat. but some are following a different. movie so to leave. that point about hope for a better life. he.

opposes the system. leave the army and since then he has someone to discourage you from joining his full name. they're. not communicating the full story. they ask me duty is a very popular video game. play and they ask me is the military like call of duty. vast majority people who do the civilians. do you hear women and children screaming you know when they see their son or daughter child. beauty the video game. turn off call of duty oh yeah well you can't. hear the darker side. to be

a special forces soldier and foolish in afghanistan. he tries to convince teaches. about the reality of school. and i signed up to prevent another terrorist attack. targeting so many innocent people. creating the conditions for more terrorist attacks. there's an important statistic. between nine hundred eighty and two thousand and one there are three hundred eighty four suicide bombs around the world only ten percent of those suicide directed at the u.s. and u.s. interests since two thousand and one there's been over twenty five hundred suicide by the world with ninety percent aimed at the u.s. and u.s. interests. i'm lucky if i speak to three schools here because. generally positive the teachers you know because it's

a positive program don't necessarily want to rock the boat or bring someone like me and talk to the kids. i mean it's a perk arius work environment for so many teachers unfortunately so it's it hasn't been easy the u.s. spends about sixty billion dollars a year on education we spend probably six hundred billion dollars a year on average on the military so it's about ten times more on the military than advocation we closed fifty public schools here they said there's no money for the schools so the military. is filling in the blanks. operates in districts while statistics on ethnic breakdowns in fronts in the u.s. since chicago's j o c are made up of fifty four percent latino thirty seven percent african-americans and only five percent caucasian yasmin's parents came to

thirty years ago from mexico they rented out a small room for events in their neighborhood yasmin is the youngest of four children in the evening after school she always helps them in six months graduates she dreams of going to university and becoming a social worker. exploring a in be able to. many things at the same time and i know with being in the travel a lot which is awesome but i don't think i would be able to handle being away from home that long people say. maybe not born in the united states and they feel like that's a great thing something in this.

the geographic allocation of the program shows discrepancies. for instance there's only one school in montana. program with just two schools in new hampshire. population of both states is ninety percent white the army is active in the major cities in the so-called failing states of the rust belt and especially in the south . particularly in texas there are more than two hundred. units in the lone star state after the nine eleven attacks. region deployed

troops. back home nearby. fort hood the army and its supporting agencies other regions main employers. this is where the army has set up shooting ranges at schools teaching students how to use guns. every morning an hour before class these young fourteen year old texans practice shooting. about five hundred feet. the hope is when they leave here they can go home and teach adults because many

adults on how to safely handle rifles and especially other kids that have pellet rifle b.b. guns you know they don't have a lot of them haven't been to safety classes. kind of pride in our states of america unfairly elections and actually gets to be what they. want is because. you are the future of america you want to control the country we've continued to have fear is that they know that you can control. you know you know that right. you control fear not made a control you because your view at her to that on the ballot your courage you've got to do what's right whether you're in the classroom and you've been on the battlefield humming maybe you need three.

increase as once he said it's like like other jobs you'd be like sitting in an office all there are some that you want to do would just get boring after a few years but i know the military will give me a chance to reach out to others and also make me a better person that's why i want to join the military actually already doing a little teary sure. so when my classmate who was saying. you can't go wrong with the military it's a great stepping stone for whatever career you want to do. the military's great memory way you know it builds leaders every single day that we care is our country we can control more we can actually embrace and inspire more with that power that's why i think the military is like great things to do and that's why i joined. the unique journey because he and i saluted the ship off right after graduation.

seventeen years of age. three years in the army with the option of extending to eighty is a program future makes this possible. to enlist youngsters while is still in school. every thursday he meets his trainers who prepare him for military service until he receives his obligatory diploma. the young man drives a sports car the money for it attack a restaurant the army has promised to teach him how to drive tanks. all the.

time. so. you. see there's. yes we're going to be wrestling to do a presentation at your school on friday. french will be out there and it's there to the area like this right in texas the high school market is definitely where recruiters want to be because that's where the majority of people want to join in the syria in obviously we want to be able to afford them the opportunity to. cover nineteen different high schools and by. colleges have twelve recruiters there work on me so although there have assigned high schools that they should be in you know

a least twice weeks you see is probably the biggest asset and as far as recruiting goes you know we go out to the schools who are looking for. there's no conscription in the u.s. as in one hundred forty six other countries some recruiters have to sell a us army to eighty thousand use a year two thousand and one law makes this easy schools must submit data on all the students to the pentagon so dope can contact them directly at home otherwise funding is cut. it's quite a task right now i have i think i have fifty three future soldiers in our program at one point we were up to seventy five. and so it's a challenge you know and especially some of them being younger they you know you have to keep up with them and give all of you know to do what they're supposed to.

you know it's it can be challenging. and the fight for their heart starts in primary school every regiment of the fort hood base has set up a partnership with a school. this operation enticement to see soldiers spend hundreds of hours every year with these children they read to them go to the school canteen with them and help them with their homework. this time. he gets into. my tent and i.

like this i just. like. anyone feeling. formal really nice and loving the last. forty percent of junior reservists enlist in the army after graduating. i'm pretty sure every parent as a son or daughter in the military would be in there afraid for their. for their child. so for me i'm pretty much worse before they are

little federal but then another. business or. economic development is all about numbers so we're really pleased to report this quarter we are one hundred six morning. but what do we

know about the other figures. when i think about the fact that our c.e.o. mike du made over twenty million dollars last year more than one thousand times the average wal-mart a says c.n.n. with all due respect i have to say i don't think that's right. is that just you know a free market would. people went from pretty simple financial lives pre nine hundred eighty to the point now where people are. just totally submerged in their financial accounts and they're all in debt and what exactly devoid society that phone the whatever the government tried to do it wasn't nestle maybe. it might be making things worse. by saying this is not how capitalism works this is all capitalism goes hopelessly disastrously wrong. what politicians do something.

they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to. have to go right to be press this is what before three of them or ten people that i'm interested in always in the waters of our. city. it's taken these children's homes. now threatens to take their future. could erupt again at any time. most people have a stark choice. live in poverty. or joining. but

some are following a different road. to leave. the boy. that's a lot. same wrong. just don't all. get to shape our just come out ahead and in again because the trail. one saw many find themselves worlds apart. chance to look for common ground.

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