MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- The recruits of Special Training Company gave audience Jan. 15 to an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran at the Bldg. 626. Sgt. Jason Wittling attempted to provide a motivational epiphany to recruits awaiting their return to training. Wittling explained the importance of determination and having a positive mindset. He used accounts of his personal experiences on the battlefield and in life. Wittling, a member of 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, was injured in Iraq when his HMMWV rolled during an accident. Wittling was caught under the vehicle. The accident broke his C-6 vertebrate, rendering him paralyzed from the neck down.