Sgt. Southall was a civilian trainer in 2005 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center when she took five soldiers to San Diego to participate in a paralympic camp—her first experience with adaptive sports. Upon returning to Walter Reed, Southall began a Sitting Volleyball program for wounded, ill and injured soldiers recovering there. A few years later, Southall deployed and became injured herself. She had seen the power of adaptive reconditioning activities in the Soldiers she worked with before her deployment. “Adaptive sports are helping me to keep going, keeping me active,” Southall says. “It is an honor and a privilege to represent the United States,” she said of the Invictus Games. Southall will be competing in Athletics, Powerlifting and Sitting Volleyball.