 that the trials last year here, the trials this year, hopefully I make the team again this year and we can do a three-peat on the trophy for the Warrior Games. Staff Sergeant Matthew Benak has not always had reason for optimism. In 2010, I was at the bottom point of my recovery with medication and things like that. I was offered a chance to go to the Warrior Games and I jumped on it. That decision rekindled a decades-old passion and offered an outlet for his post-traumatic stress. When I was actually told that I, you know, had it, I was kind of shocked. It was after 2004, after I had been blasted by an IED, wasn't a direct hit, thank goodness, but it's enough to make you appreciate what you have. What he has here at the Marine Corps trials is an opportunity to continue conquering adversity by once again representing the Marine Corps at the Warrior Games later this year. But if PTSD isn't enough, add traumatic brain injury and hepatitis to his list of struggles. It's a combination that could have led to the worst without the help of the wounded Warrior Regiment. I would probably be one of the statistics right now from, you know, whether it be alcohol or medication, I'd be on that downhill slope or even not at rock bottom. Still, Staff Sergeant Benak takes aim at any target put in his sights. I just enjoyed it. It's something I like to do and I encourage anybody once they find something they like to do to stick with it. Benak's steady hand proves he has Benak for marksmanship and the drive to push forward. Instead of dwelling on the past and what happened to you or what you did that caused problems and got somebody else hurt or whatever, whatever the case may be, this gives you a release and something else to focus on. His life could have taken drastically different turns given his situation, but through the wounded Warrior Regiment and Marine Corps trials, Staff Sergeant Benak proves that optimism is something else. From Camp Pendleton, California, I'm Sergeant Todd Hunter.