Supporting Our Heroes: Reaching Out to the Military Community

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Relationships, Society & Culture, Parenting

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🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Combat veteran Chad Robichaux shares his stories of military heroism, which inspired his new novel Silent Horizons. He also talks about his testimony of healing from PTSD. Hear his encouragement and advice for reaching out to military Veterans.

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0:00.0	They challenged me to get back in the fight, and I knew I couldn't do it alone in that isolation.
0:05.5	I knew I needed to step out of isolation to surround myself with good quality of people was going to walk with me.
0:10.7	That's Chad Robesho sharing how challenging it was to find community when he was struggling with PTSD.
0:17.9	Chad's our guest today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. And as a veteran, he's passionate
0:23.3	about providing hope and healing to active military members and veterans as well. Thanks for
0:29.2	joining us. Your host is Focus president and author Jim Daly. John, we owe so much to our veterans.
0:34.7	And I think we have become a little apathetic about it. My brother
0:39.1	served in the Navy and, you know, very distinguished. And I so appreciate my brother. I try to call
0:45.7	them every Memorial Day and Veterans Day to thank them. And I think that's the spirit of this
0:50.4	broadcast today is to remember what these men and women have done for us.
0:55.3	I've seen clips on YouTube and things like that where sometimes these veterans are
0:59.8	being hassled or heckled by people.
1:01.7	And I just go, man, you have no idea what this man or woman and their family have done for us.
1:06.8	And so this program is to really help you think about that number one.
1:11.0	But secondly, we've got a great book, Silent Horizons.
1:14.2	It's a fictionalized book by our guest.
1:17.0	And it's a great resource to hand to a veteran, especially someone who's dealing with some difficulties, PTSD, things like that.
1:24.7	So think about that as we talk today and think about getting a couple of
1:28.7	copies to have with you so you could give them out. And Chad has served in the Marines. He's an
1:34.3	expert in veteran care and related issues. As you said, Jim, this is a little bit out of the wheelhouse.
1:39.9	We don't talk a lot about fiction books, but Silent Horizons is a terrific resource.
1:45.1	And we've got that here at the ministry, and the details are in the show notes.
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