NPower SkillBridge Cybersecurity
No Tuition. No GI Bill.
No Limits Where You Can Go.
In just ten weeks, you can get certified for a career in
Cybersecurity
RECRUITING FOR 2025
Active military service members within 180 days of transition, receive free training and opportunity to earn the credentials needed to become a cybersecurity professional.
Are you ready to launch a new career in tech?
Our classes, coaching, and networking opportunities are all free of charge! Save your GI Bill. We pay for testing and credentialing.
You will gain the necessary skills and certifications to launch a new career in cyber – before you separate.
WHO?
NPower is a 501c3 non-profit. We are an approved DoD SkillBridge and Army Career Skills Program (CSP) provider. Our mission is to assist you with a seamless transition from active military service to a civilian career in cyber.
WHAT?
This course is cybersecurity training. CompTIA Sec+, Linux+, and Splunk Level 1. It is intensive professional development and career coaching, and mentorship from industry professionals. This is bootcamp – on the back-end of your military service that will prepare you for a career pivot to cyber.
WHY?
There are currently over 500,000 open cybersecurity jobs in the US. Train with us and earn the credentials you need to start your cyber career.
WHERE?
Our classes are 10-weeks long, live-virtual and instructor led over Zoom so you can participate from your current duty station – anywhere in the world.
WHEN?
Three cohorts per year: Spring, Summer, and Fall. You must be within your 180-day window of separation and eligible under your corresponding service order for participation in either SkillBridge or CSP.
“If you understand small unit tactics, and you can fight on physical terrain, then you can transfer those core competencies to the virtual domain. You can transition from defending the nation to defending the network.”
– Chris Starling (USMC Col. Ret.)
Executive Director, NPower SkillBridge
Our classes, coaching, networking opportunities are all free of charge! Save your GI Bill. We pay for testing and credentialing.
You will gain the necessary skills and certifications to launch a new career in cyber – before you separate.
“If you understand small unit tactics, and you can fight on physical terrain, then you can transfer those core competencies to the virtual domain. You can transition from defending the nation to defending the network.”
– Chris Starling (USMC Col. Ret.), Executive Director, NPower SkillBridge
NPower SkillBridge
Students Started as…
- Infantry
- Artillery
- Motor Transport
- Supply
- Logistics
- Aviation Ordnance
- Communications
- Food Service
- Administration
- Intelligence
- Infantry
- Artillery
- Motor Transport
- Supply
- Logistics
- Aviation Ordnance
- Communications
- Food Service
- Administration
- Intelligence
Our Graduates
Now Work As
Systems
Engineer
Mobile Security &
Vulnerability Engineer
Junior Cyber
Engineer
Systems
Administrator
Cybersecurity
Engineer
Splunk
Administrator
Linux Systems
Administrator
And many
more!
Engineer
Vulnerability Engineer
Engineer
Administrator
Engineer
Administrator
Administrator
more!
Cybersecurity Careers
are in Demand
Program Requirements
for Active-Duty
Military Personnel
- Must be within 180 days of separation
- Apply online HERE
- Complete necessary SkillBridge / CSP forms (see your Transition Assistance Program - TAP - representative for more information)
- Commanding Officer approval
- Basic tech knowledge preferred, not required
Are you a Veteran? If you do not qualify for SkillBridge – you may qualify for other NPower programs
“Thanks to my time in the NPower SkillBridge cybersecurity training course, I developed proficiency in threat detection and prevention, information security analysis, and various security tools and frameworks.”
– Juan G. Cruz Jr.
SkillBridge Fall 2023
Jr. Linux Systems Administrator, Raytheon
Where Our Graduates are Working
Stephanie is now ready to start a new chapter in her life, forever grateful for the experience and knowledge she acquired during her time at NPower, going from defending the nation physically to extending her skillset to defend virtually.
“If someone else has done it, I can do it too. If no one has, then I can be the first.”
– Stephanie Wurtz
SkillBridge Spring 2024
AV Technician, MSM Technology
2025 Upcoming US Nationwide NPower SkillBridge Cohorts
Cohort 1:
(Orientation: Jan 23rd or Jan 24th)
Cohort 2:
(Orientation: May 1st or May 2nd)
Cohort 3:
(Orientation: August 7th or August 8th )
Contact SkillBridge Recruitment Team
