Tanner served in the U.S. Army as an infantryman in Afghanistan and later as a Special Operations Civil Affairs Medical Sergeant, supporting operations in Syria and Bangladesh.
Once he was back stateside, Tanner felt numb, struggling with posttraumatic stress disorder and suicidal ideation; he reached out to Boot Campaign, and it changed the trajectory of his life and the wellbeing of his family. As Tanner says, “This program isn’t transactional; it’s relational.”