Service MArriage strong
Honoring the legacy of Chris Kyle, husband and father
Our Mission
Cultivate Hope
We believe two are stronger than one against the challenges of service lifestyles.
Strengthen Foundations
There’s a reason why couples choose each other. We work to reunite.
Share The Legacy
One couple with hope and strength is a light in the community.
Our Impact
Strengthening Service Marriages Across America
2701 Service Marriage Participants
1 million Social Media Followers
81,000 Newsletter Subscribers
363 Mastering Your Service Marriage Students
With an evidence-based curriculum, we help couples come together to face challenges.
Proven Tools to Conquer Unpredictable Lifestyles
The lifestyles our first responders have chosen entail sacrifices for families as well as the service members. Missed milestones and emergencies challenge the foundations of even the strongest relationships.
Time Together to Overcome Frequent Separation
Military and first responder couples face long separations and unusual schedules. We help them create time dedicated to their relationship.
Self-Care and Resilience to Combat Exposure to Trauma
By the very nature of the work they do, this group of people have seen traumas, tragedies, and violence that take a toll regardless of how strong they are.
Relationship as a safe place to beat Workplace Challenges
When your work experience often involves trauma and difficult situations, and talking with colleagues who have experienced the same hardships may not be healthy, your partner is important. We give couples the tools they need to be there for each other.
Our Founder
Taya Kyle is an American Daughter, an American Mom and an American Wife that women throughout the world can feel a connection with. Taya founded the Taya and Chris Kyle Foundation as a way to continue a post-deployment legacy Chris began, aiming to enhance military service, veteran and first responder marriages by providing a variety of experiences that helps them escape the everyday rigors that come with a life of service.
The Legacy
Colton Kyle has continued his father's legacy by creating the apparel brand American Sniper. American Sniper offers a variety of clothing and accessories that feature the iconic American Sniper logo and support Kyle's values of patriotism, honor, and respect.
The American Sniper Brand is more than just a clothing line; it's a tribute to Chris Kyle's life and service to his country. Through the brand, Colton Kyle honors his father's memory and continues his legacy of supporting those who serve and protect our country.
Colton hopes American Sniper becomes a brand that represents the love of a warrior. That means loving God with all of your heart, soul, and strength, loving the people around you enough to sacrifice for their ultimate good, and loving yourself enough to endure the pain of discipline in the moment rather than the pain of defeat later.
Some of the American Sniper proceeds support TACK-F, Taya and Chris Kyle Foundation - Service Marriage Strong.
The Legacy
McKenna Kyle was almost seven years old when her father, American Sniper hero Chris Kyle, was brutally murdered by someone he was trying to help. McKenna spent the following decade learning the power of faith and the intricacies of healing both individually and in a family that was also grieving. McKenna carries her father's legacy with her passion for serving Law Enforcement. She is using her gap year to go behind the scenes at Tarrant County Sheriff's Office, doing ride-alongs with deputies and interviewing prisoners who have benefitted from the leadership of one of the country's best-run Sheriff's Offices. McKenna is gathering evidence to share through Sheriff Bill Waybourn and her social media. McKenna intends to show the truth in the goodness and heart of the people behind the badge. McKenna Kyle is also developing a new podcast where she and her family will answer their followers' questions regarding healing, perseverance, and faith.
Meet the Team
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Taya Kyle
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
“In the months following Chris’s death, amongst the crushing pain, I had these moments of overwhelming gratitude that God had given us the gift of lasting love and allowed us to end on a high note of having weathered the storm with love stronger than I could have predicted. I want that gift for every service couple. I want deep love and a joyful family for them to rest in and savor. It makes all the difference in healing.”
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Meghan Najera
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
“My late Father was a career DEA and my brother a decorated Officer in the United States Marine Corps. I have seen the profound differences, challenges, and impact of living in a service family. Now more than ever I want to serve those Service families who need support, empowerment, and understanding of their marriage and daily lives.”
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Mariangela
LEAD COACH
After spending 17 years as a military spouse, enduring multiple deployments, living in seven different states, and facing all the highs and lows of military life, Mariangela has a lot of experience and insight to offer couples going through some of those same challenges. Mariangela is a Gallup-certified Strengths Finder Coach, Nurse, Life Coach, and Family Trauma Professional with degrees in Psychology and Marriage and Family Counseling.
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Ashley
TACK-F COACH
"Ashley believes in helping individuals use their unique gifts and strengths in their healing process. After serving in the Army Reserves as a medic, Ashley decided to get her Master's of Social Work to help empower individuals, couples, and communities on their journey. She has a close connection with military and first responder communities and wants to continue to provide needed resources to these individuals and families. Ashley is now a military spouse and understands couples' challenges with deployments, moving, and military life in general. She is inspired to work with this community because she has seen the benefits of Strengths Training firsthand. Ashley is passionate about working with military families to find balance and strengthen the family unit."
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Sarah
TACK-F COACH
Sarah’s husband is also in the military. Sarah understands the tolls a service marriage relationship can endure. Sarah offers understand and support during her coaching sessions.
Meet the Board
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Taya Kyle
Taya Kyle volunteers her time leading a national team that continues the life-changing and life-saving work of helping service members save their families. TACK-F recognizes and strengthens military and first responder marriages through unique programs and powerful partnerships. TACK-F leads the charge in providing insight and targeted programmatic interventions to offer service members hope and, importantly, statistically significant outcomes when it comes to a multitude of force readiness and wellness issues, especially as it relates to the family.
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Lisa Gregorisch-Dempsey
“Taya’s mission to strengthen military and first responder marriages is a lifechanging act of grace from a passionate patriot. I’ve been proud to showcase military causes as the Executive Producer of Extra-tv. I’m blessed to be married for 30 years to Gary Dempsey, an air force veteran, who was also a first responder and honored to serve on the board.”
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Bill Waybourn
“I believe this nation has become so great and been so blessed because strong marriages are the cornerstone of this country. The foundation is on the tip of the spear of not letting that cornerstone be chipped away; they do this by simply engaging the most at-risk marriages of first responders and our military in order to restore them to their rightful place of reconciliation. What an honor to be a small part of this.”
Meet the Advocates
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Cecilia Abbott
Cecilia strongly believes in giving back. Her signature initiative as First Lady combines Texas and philanthropy. She calls it “Texanthropy,” through which she promotes service to others across Texas. Cecilia has also partnered with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services on a similar initiative – Network of Nurture – to raise awareness about how Texans can support the children and families in the state’s child welfare system.
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“As a brother to Chris in the SEAL Teams, a loving father and husband I am honored to serve those who continue to serve our country. By serving as a board member for TACK-F I hope to support the legacy of Chris and his faithful devotion to the core family unit, the bond between husband and wife. In doing this we support the longevity and resiliency of marriage for those who sacrifice so much for America’s freedom.”
Taya Kyle’s Debut Children’s Book
Prayers for Bears
The story of Bailey The Grateful Bear is a version of Taya and her children's story. When all the chips were down, and life seemed bleak, they always had something to be grateful for, even if it was a roof over their heads or simply their hands and feet.
In a world full of difficulty, particularly with families who fight evil and protect the rest of us, we hope Prayers for Bears will bring hope and inspiration through grateful living. We hope you are reminded of the simple things you can be grateful for, and we hope you share this with others.
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