Since September 11, 2001, over two million U.S. service members have been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, resulting in hundreds of thousands of families who have experienced at least one parental deployment in support of these operations. Deployment and reintegration are accompanied by unique stressors including renegotiation of family of roles, responsibilities and boundaries, change in routines, or lack of awareness about military service in their communities, and may result in significant behavioral and emotional disturbances among military-connected children. This presentation will review recent research our group conducted to informs the development of an evidence-based community-based intervention aiming to promote resilience in military connected children.