This special section highlights original research findings on the holistic health of military families across a broad spectrum of participants, reflecting varied relationships (e.g., romantic partners, parents, and children), varied military affiliations (e.g., active duty service members, veterans), and varied methodological designs (e.g., mixed-methods, path modeling). Healthy People 2020 set goals for improving the health of all Americans, and this special issue, "Healthy Military Families 2020" aims to highlight military family research with realworld health impacts for this population. KEYWORDS Families and children; research; caregivers; deployment; well-being; physical health; behavioral health; mental health This work was authored as part of the Contributor's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 USC. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under US Law.