Summarized by the Alliance for Fort Gordon
Published July 17, 2026
The Department of Defense is launching a Cyber Registered Apprenticeship Program to accelerate its onboarding of skilled cybersecurity professionals, the agency said, part of a Trump administration push to bring non-traditional talent into the federal workforce.
The initiative is being led through DOD’s Office of the Chief Information Officer and was first announced during a Labor Department signing ceremony on Monday for National Apprenticeship Week.