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someone who has had to repeat the story too many times. Her husband, Commander Gatlin Hardin, a Naval Academy graduate and a Navy helicopter pilot with 18 years of service, was just 36 when doctors found Stage 4 colorectal cancer. "Tumors in every segment of his liver, as well as the colon tumor," Breen says. >> military | health | family | pets Focus ere are stories that arrive already weighted with meaning. e founding of Anchored For Good, Coronado's newest nonprofit serving Naval and Marine aviation families facing cancer, is one of those stories. It began with a diagnosis that rearranged a family's life overnight. Breen Hardin remembers the moment as Anchored For Good TURNING ONE NAVY FAMILY'S CANCER JOURNEY INTO A LIFELINE FOR MILITARY AVIATION FAMILIES BY BILL ABRAMS | PHOTOGRAPHY BY SARAH HEINZ @ranchandcoast RANCH & COAST MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2026 61 The Hardin family