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UCLA Health Operation Mend: Healing Veterans and Their Families
Operation Mend launched in 2007 to provide free specialized health care to post-9/11 veterans injured in war. Nearly 20 years later, the organization continues offering psychological and physical specialty care at no cost to these veterans and their caregivers. Is Operation Mend unique in the services it provides? “One of the truly extraordinary developments was…
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Heartbreak to a Bright Future: A Navy Family’s Fight to Stay Together
For many active-duty service members and spouses, long-anticipated homecomings can become heartbreaking. For Jenna Malone, the stakes to save her marriage were high after her husband, Issac, a U.S. Navy veteran, returned home from Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and broken vertebrae. Jenna was determined to save his life, save…
