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(inspirational music)

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- I'm Sergeant First Class Daniel White.

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^I'm currently serving as the EO Rep for

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First Special Forces Group.

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The program here is to help at-risk youth,

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most of which are here because of the court's decision.

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My job is just to be a strong male

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role model for some of these kids.

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They come from broken families, broken homes,

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a lot of them don't have fathers.

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They need a little bit of guidance.

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A lot of this is exactly what we do when we're down range.

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We're mentoring, teaching, coaching, and

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training, advising, and assisting,

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and that's really what I'm doing

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with the youth here.

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I really hope they can have an appreciation

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for what we're doing for them.

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Let them understand that they're

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not being put into a system.

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They're being kept out of a system.

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So, appreciation is really something I

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hope they take out of it.

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I think it's important to give back to

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any community that you're a part of.

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It's just you can't let the system run itself.

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You have to volunteer, you have to give back.

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- [Narrator] Sergeant White's past leaders

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have made him want to project

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his own leadership onto others.

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- The good leadership I've had over me,

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and just wanting to give it back.

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It's just something that these kids need.

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They need a mentor, they need a leader.

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They need positive influence in their life.

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Staff Sergeant Mark Denudo who's deceased now,

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was running our group.

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It was an NC program for addictions

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and substance abuse, and so he came

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across this at the Maritime Festival

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a few years back.

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He came down, checked it out,

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and spoke with them about, "What can I do

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"to volunteer there?"

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He and I then came down and took a look

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at the shop, and I just kept coming back ever since.