Recovery
Equipping Military & First Responder Communities After Hardship
Resiliency
Equipping Military & First Responder Communities Before Hardship
Advocacy
Expressing Military & First Responder Community Needs To Leaders
International
Engaging Military & First Responder Communities Around The World
What We do
Mighty Oaks is committed to serving military & first responder communities who have endured hardship around the globe through intensive peer-based discipleship Programs, outpost meetings, speaking, and resiliency events. We have Programs for Men, Women, and Married Couples at multiple locations nationwide and globally. Those who attend our Programs are fully sponsored, to include meals, lodging and travel, ensuring their sole focus is on recovery and empowering them to identify their purpose as they move forward.
How We Got Here
After facing severe psychological, emotional, and spiritual challenges after his service in Afghanistan, Chad Robichaux recognized that many other combat veterans were struggling with similar issues. Determined to make a difference, Chad founded Mighty Oaks, turning his personal pain into a mission to help others. Supported by mentors and faith in God’s promise in Isaiah 61:3, Chad and his wife Kathy launched the Mighty Oaks Warrior Programs (MOWP), beginning with small groups of veterans in Colorado.
MOWP employs a peer-to-peer model that empowers veterans to heal and positively influence others. This grassroots approach gained traction quickly, with warriors referring their peers and major support from US Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Battalion West. As the demand grew, partnerships with organizations like Serving California enabled the expansion of Mighty Oaks, including the construction of SkyRose Lodge and additional locations in Texas, Virginia, and Ohio.
Mighty Oaks has become a key resource for the US military, training over half a million service members in resiliency and offering spiritual guidance through resources like The Path to Resiliency. Today, with over 6,000 alumni, Mighty Oaks continues its mission to challenge and equip warriors to find hope, purpose, and healing, while sharing their strength with others. Scholarships for all Programs are fully funded, ensuring active-duty and veteran military personnel, as well as their spouses, can participate at no cost.
Leadership
Michael Cameron
Chief Marketing Officer
USAF Family
Branden Kunath
Chief Programs Officer
USMC Infantry (Retired)
Jeremy Stalnecker
Chief Executive Officer
USMC Infantry Officer
William Taylor
Chief Operating Officer
USMC Infantry Veteran
Michael Hanson
Chief Financial Officer
US Army Family
Chad Robichaux
Chad Robichaux is a former Force Recon Marine and DoD Contractor who served on eight deployments to Afghanistan as part of a Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) Task Force. After overcoming his personal battles with PTSd and nearly becoming a veteran suicide statistic, Chad founded Mighty Oaks, a leading non-profit serving the military and first responder communities with highly successful faith-based Resiliency and Recovery Programs.
Chad is a highly sought-after public speaker, speaking to millions worldwide and over 500,000 active-duty troops on military bases. Having led life-saving programs for approximately 7,000 warriors at Mighty Oaks Program locations around the nation, Chad has become a go-to resource and is considered a subject matter expert on PTSd, veterans care, and national security, having advised Presidential Administrations, Congress, Senate, the VA, the DoD, and was appointed to serve as the Chairman of a White House Veterans Coalition.
Chad serves as a board member for the Center for Security Policy and is the Co-Founder of two non-profits focused on the rescue of Americans and vulnerable people groups trapped or captured in conflict zones around the world. In 2021, Chad led the largest civilian evacuation in American history, rescuing over 17,000 people who were trapped during the Afghanistan withdrawal, including his long-time interpreter and friend, Aziz, and is now leading operations in Ukraine and other high-risk areas around the world.
Chad is regularly featured on a wide range of national media and is a Fox News Contributor. Chad’s life story was notably shared in a short film by I Am Second, along with a sequel, and is the focus of the documentaries Never Fight Alone, Send Me, and Escape from Afghanistan. Currently, a motion picture movie is being produced based on Chad’s award-winning Wall Street Journal best-selling book, Saving Aziz. Chad is also the USA Today best-selling author of A Mission Without Borders, highlighting rescue efforts and humanitarian aid missions he led on ten trips to Ukraine since 2022.
Chad is also a former Special Agent, having served with the US Federal Air Marshal Service and the US State Department Surveillance Detection Program. He holds an MBA from the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), is a board-certified pastoral counselor with the AACC, and is completing a graduate nonprofit management program at Harvard University.
Chad is a lifelong martial artist, Professional World Mixed Martial Arts Champion, and 4th-degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt. Chad is a devoted Christian and resides in Texas. He and Kathy have two daughters, two sons, and five grandchildren. Through his resilience, passion, and selfless heart to serve others, Chad remains an inspiring figure to many worldwide as the host of The Resilient Show.
Help us to continue our mission
Help us continue to provide life saving resources to Veterans, First Responders, and their families – at no cost to them. Together we can save lives, restore families, and change legacies for eternity.
