The call of duty continues for a team of veterans that keep students safe.

In 2011, the nonprofit Leave No Veteran Behind (LNVB) started the Safe Passage Program that deploys veterans in unsafe Chicago neighborhoods to watch over students as they walk to and from school.

The program’s goal isn’t only to reduce youth violence in Chicago, but to also help veterans with their student loans. The nonprofit covers the veterans’ debt and helps them look for jobs and their payment is 100-400 hours of community service, watching over the students. Leave No Veteran Behind has currently paid back over $150,000 in student loans through a Retroactive Scholarship Program.

More than 400 veterans have participated in the Safe Passage Program, watching over 8,000 Chicago students daily.

The organization plans to expand the Safe Passage Program throughout Chicago this year.