Tuesday, November 10, 2009.

It's not often you see members of the armed forces battling each other but ont his night, that's exactly happened on the basketball court.

"I think it's getting together and having a good time," said Sgt. Janette Thompson. "Especially after the Fort Hood incident, it's about being resilient. It's the same thing when you get injured, it's about being resilient."

"We're all soldiers so we're all comrades and we're just out here to have fun. That's it," said Spc. David Montgomery.

Thompson and Montgomery know something about being resilient. Both are war veterans and both are unable to walk. But that's not slowing them down one bit. That's why they got involved in wheelchair basketball.

"The first thing that I heard was what I can't do. You can't run. You can't walk. You need to sit. And that was mentally devastating," said Thompson, who has lost use of her legs due to injury. "Now, there's nothing I can't do if I just put my mind to it. My body will follow regardless what's working or not. "

"I don't like to lose. I go 110%. It's just the way it is," said Montgomery, who also lost use of his legs after doctors found a cancerous tumor in his hip and performed surgery to replace it. "Regardless of if I'm in a wheelchair or not in a wheelchair, I'm still trying to give 110%."

Both soldiers are a part of the Warrior Transition Battalion, who on this ngiht challenged sergeants to a wheelchair basketball game. But this game was not all about winning.

"It teaches us to respect that disability and also realize that that disabilty does not make that person any less whole and that they can't go on with their life," said Lt. Col. Ed Larkin, the newly-named commander of the Warrior Transition Battalion.

And so with every dribble and every basket, these soldiers prove that despite their disability, they still have plenty of ability left.

"Now that I have this, it's like a whole new door has opened up for me," said Thompson. "It's mentally and physically making me a better person."