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.

*Commanding Officer approval required to apply

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!

97%
Graduate from NPower SkillBridge with
industry-recognized credentials
75%
Enter the program with no
technology experience
70%
Have Combat Arms Military
Occupational Specialties job titles
19%
of our participants have not had
any previous college education
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Cybersecurity Careers
are in Demand

Program Requirements
for Active-Duty
Military Personnel

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:

January 27 – April 4, 2025
(Orientation: Jan 23rd or Jan 24th)

Cohort 2:

May 5 – July 18, 2025
(Orientation: May 1st or May 2nd)

Cohort 3:

August 11 – October 17, 2025
(Orientation: August 7th or August 8th )

Contact SkillBridge Recruitment Team

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Vanessa Baez-Vera
Senior Recruitment and Admissions Manager

Our Virginia Mailing Address

1520 Belle View Blvd #3559
Alexandria, VA 22307

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