The Pentagon has temporarily halted the inclusion of new civilian employers into the SkillBridge career transition program due to the program’s overwhelming popularity. The program, which provides apprenticeship-style training for soon-to-be-separated service members with different companies, will undergo a “realignment.”
  

Key Points: 

1. SkillBridge was created in 2011 and has seen more than 50,000 service members participate. Each year about 200,000 troops leave active duty.
2. Military commanders can authorize service members in the last 180 days of their active-duty military service to participate in a SkillBridge internship. The program counts as official duty and occurs during normal working hours.
3. The program, currently listing 3,312 authorized employers from major aerospace firms to local organizations, is expected to accept new employers again after Aug. 15 following a realignment.
4. Post-realignment, the program will be jointly managed by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs and the Defense Human Resources Agency. Previously, it was run by a single office.
5. In addition to the Pentagon’s reassessment, the Navy revised aspects of SkillBridge in March, placing restrictions on who can participate in internships and when.

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/07/07/growth-of-skillbridge-transition-program-paused-after-overwhelming-popularity.html