Every year around 200,000 service members leave active duty to re-enter the civilian work force or pursue higher education. The SkillBridge internship program grants military members the opportunity to gain valuable civilian work experience to help them build successful careers once they leave the military by matching civilian opportunities with a service member’s job training and work experience. The ultimate goal is to provide service members with opportunities to enhance their marketability and career prospects for when they leave military duty. In doing so, the SkillBridge program aims to serve as a bridge between military service and civilian employment, with the U.S. Department of Defense facilitating the placement of service members in a wide range of employment fields and industries. This program, which was temporarily closed to new employer partner applications due to its popularity, is once again accepting membership.
The SkillBridge program is a highly unique internship mainly because the program’s participants are expressly prohibited from receiving any compensation during their military internship, since participants remain fully compensated through their military employment: service members participating in the program continue to receive their military pay and benefits. The specific terms of the SkillBridge program allow service members of any rank to use up to the last 180 days of service to work and learn with an industry partner that best matches that...
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