this is where they pierced america's heart on the eleventh of september two thousand and one fifteen years after the attacks new york is celebrating its heroes the military. a parade to own a one point five million troops the saviors of freedom every eleventh of november this parade on as generations of troops from the fallen of world war one to those returning from iraq or afghanistan their replacements are waiting the young generation the future of the world's most powerful military. these recruits are still in school they are between fourteen and seventeen years old and belong to the junior. jr o.t.c.

is a pentagon program. like the feel it should not for our. right. six year old three year olds not. just the price you're born with right. and. america has pledged to turn these children into heroes these junior troops include five hundred thousand minus across the united states they're the hope of a fearful country they're destined to defy tara. the first generation post nine

eleven. 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. these youngsters are in year eight and then new to the program they'll receive their uniforms today. take city. to the u.s. army is teaching it more than three thousand public schools students who opt for the army are exempt from physical education. the biggest thing a look at as just make sure your hair does not touch your ears you're. facing

a four year program created unfunded by the pentagon lots of fingernails right here what are some 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 those come from back so we come from structured environments and we know what it takes to create a structured environment regular teaches they graduate college they get just a terrific and then they they start teaching but i don't think they really understand classroom management or mention large groups of people in different. different ways of doing it like we do and maybe that. we can get the kids to push

up but a regular teacher. as i want to you know become more of a better citizen in the country just want to become stronger physically and mentally. just like i was the interest. of. course i like it just as well but any question soul for. the j r o t c program was founded in one thousand nine hundred sixteen during world war 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 banjo retired after serving thirty three years in the army supervises junior cadets or the junior 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 as 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 ones once again it's what i would call the we give alternative is great after two days for kids to do things that are 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 guards 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. ready for school she's been in the sea for four years. kind of excited to. have. me i guess legace just. a uniform rules. over chaos for childhood shaped by violence.

on wednesday students and most of. 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. to take up your clothes you don't have you don't think up close you do not want your mum think over your clothes you carry it on your forearm and this one. and. since september yes man has been leading the cadets she is the boss she inspects the troops. feel like i'm 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 way for comfortable with yourself and things you are yourself so pretty much gives you that confidence but. that's right again if you let it but. i don't see. it. the army 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. this. this all of. the recruiters they leave their carts and these are different for readers navy army. marine corps and if a kid is interested in the military we'll 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 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 a four four years scholarship 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. traditional 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 why the 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 how we promote programs and how we finance programs and share to some program is funded through the district so we don't take our school money to pay to have teaches. yes it is which is a nice thing so and there are military there retired military. officers and they come in. and they give back to the kids so they could pay through to the army to see programs to me so it's nice. something we don't have to pay for.

the program also includes morning and evening activities before and after school formal training parades military music and the color guard. the army is creative in how it uses military drills to inspire thousands of american youngsters to become soldiers it's. what. i mean always gives yeah you know until you go into. the job also the you. go into another of those are good in. your

or if you're. just you believe also. the glad i wish i got but i don't remember. nobody. got up out of the. walk and of course that i'd be important you know to still moving on to run the truth. in the future. i. see you become worthless. los angeles the city of luxury and fame but also an alarming number of people living in the streets. the simple fact in l.a. is there's just not enough shelter even if people on the streets right now decided to come in there's nowhere to come in it's been a struggle. this man phoned his own response to the problem and constructed

dozens of tiny homes for people in need of shelter when you have nothing in order to go. you know having something like this may as well be a castle but do the authorities accept such solution. on a city parking space is not a solution. someone wanted touring the site otherwise it'll be a free for all they're a better alternative to end the homelessness crisis. opposes the system. leave the army and since then he has someone to discover as

you joining his film employ. they're. not communicating the full story. they ask me duty is very popular first 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. these kids just don'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. we are creating the conditions for more terrorist attacks. there is 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 bombs around the world with ninety percent aimed at the u.s. and u.s. interests. if i speak to three schools here because the program is. generally positive the teachers you know because it's a positive program don't necessarily. or rock the boat or bring someone like me to talk to the kids. for it i mean it's a perk arius work environment. unfortunately so it's. the us 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 close 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 not in the u.s. since chicago's j r c 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 work designer. exploring a lot in being able to do many things at the same time and i know with being in you do travel a lot which is awesome but i don't think i would be able to handle a being away from home that long people say. because they are they. maybe not born in the united states and they feel like that's a great thing something made 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. cities in the 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 before the region deployed troops. back home nearby. fort hood the army and its supporting agencies all the region's 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 these young fourteen year old takes practice shooting. about five hundred. teach adults because many adults. and rifles and especially other kids that have pellet rifle b.b. guns you know they don't a lot of them haven't been to safety classes. pledge allegiance to the high

interest rates of america and carry elections and actually get to the next one. is if. you are the future of america you want to control the country we continue to have fear is that they know that you can control. you know that right. you control fear not need a control you because of you at birth to that on the ballot your courage going to do what's right whether you're in the classroom and even on the battlefield. you need tell you need to carry. on could you tell us why once he said like other jobs you'd be like sitting in an office all day or some day 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 botham's life. 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 military because me 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. makes this possible. 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.

so. yes we're going to be rushing in to do a presentation at your school on friday. they are. there to an area like this right in texas there's a 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 august if you want to be able to afford them the opportunity to. cover nineteen different high schools in five colleges and i have to work on. all of them have assigned high schools that they should be in. twice weeks gerrity c. 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 u.s. army to eighty thousand youths a year two thousand and one law makes this easy schools must submit data on all the students to the pentagon so to recruiters 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 them you know to do what they're supposed to but . 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 enticements the 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. and i. think this is i just. think. any one of the only. form of really nice

living along. with. forty percent of junior reservists enlist in the army after graduating. i'm pretty sure every as a son or daughter in the military would be in their afraid for their. for their child. for me i'm pretty much more sensible for our little federal but then another something good. in this or.

economic development is all about numbers really important 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. might do. 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 how 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. the part of the government try to do that nicely maybe. it might be making things worse. by saying this is not work this is. hopelessly disastrously wrong. say.

i'm you know with years yet. well you know until you go into the other shows you're also. going the other things are true that into employment do that then. you go to war if you're really just to believe all. the glad i. got. the number on your license nobody can take on. my. mind and. not a book. out of the room the truth. somewhere

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