Lincoln's Challenge helping one cadet get his confidence back

Rantoul and Philo are only 21 miles apart, but to Lincoln's Challenge Cadet Robby Blaney, it seems the two are worlds apart.

Dressed in a bright-blue academy uniform, the cheerful, red-haired teen says the discipline he has learned on the former Chanute Air Force Base has completely changed his life around.

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