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Your support of UCLA Health Operation Mend makes a real and lasting impact in the lives of wounded warriors and their families. Read their stories below to learn how your gift can make a difference.

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Tad and Robyn

Tad and Robyn

Master Sargent Tad Steckler served in the United States Army for 22 years as an explosives specialist in Panama, Iraq, Korea, and Afghanistan. Twenty-two years of repeated exposure to high-intensity blasts took its toll on Tad physically and mentally. Read more...

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Thomas and Roseann

Multiple combat tours left U.S. Army Sergeant Thomas Kent barely able to walk and struggling with the hallmark symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Operation Mend helped him get back to hiking with his kids.Read more...

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