Your security clearance is one of the most valuable things on your resume. Learn how veterans use an active clearance to stand out for cloud jobs.

Veterans often have the technical skills but lose cloud interviews to military jargon. Learn to translate your experience into plain English and get hired.

Tired of restarting your career every PCS? See why cloud computing is a portable career for military spouses that moves with you, station to station.

Worried AI will erase entry-level tech jobs? Learn which cloud and AI skills make veterans harder to replace, and why the work changes shape instead.

Transitioning out of the military? Start your cloud career while still in uniform, using paid time and benefits that already cover most of the cost.

A staff sergeant once told me he was worried he had "no tech background." Two months later he was troubleshooting an outage at 2 a.m. without breaking a sweat, because he had spent years being the person who stayed calm when everything went sideways. He thought he was starting from zero. He was starting from way ahead. That gap between what veterans think they bring and what they actually bring is the single biggest thing I try to close at Cloud Veterans. The military does no

How long does it really take a veteran to land a cloud job? The honest 12-month timeline: one cert, real projects, and a job search that is its own mission.

A founder showed me a demo last month that made my stomach drop. It was beautiful. Six months of nights and weekends, a real engineering budget, animations that actually worked. He was proud, and he should have been. It was good work. Then I asked the only question that matters. “How many people asked for this before you built it?” Silence. He had built the whole thing on a hunch, and now he needed the hunch to be right, because there was no money left to be wrong. Building i

A veteran asked me last month which tech field he should go into. Cloud, cybersecurity, or data. I asked him one question back. Which of the three sounds like a good Tuesday to you? He didn't have an answer. He'd been comparing salary charts for a week and had never once pictured the actual work. That's the mistake almost everyone makes. They pick the lane with the biggest number at the top, then wash out a year later because they hate what they do every day. The paycheck is

Three weeks of research, zero weeks of studying. If you are a veteran breaking into cloud, here is which certification to start with, why the choice matters less than you think, and how the GI Bill and VET TEC cover the cost.

A veteran I was helping last summer sent me his resume after forty applications and zero callbacks. Forty. Zero. He'd run communications for a battalion. He'd kept classified networks up in conditions that would break most IT departments. On paper he was more qualified than half the people getting hired around him. And every single application died before a human ever saw it. The problem wasn't him. The problem was that he'd written his entire career in a language nobody on t

Every week someone tells me AI is about to wipe out entry-level tech jobs. Usually it's a veteran. Two or three months out of uniform. He's read a scary headline, he's watching the layoffs at the big names, and he's wondering if he missed the window before it slammed shut. He didn't miss anything. He's reading the wrong headline. The hiring did not stall everywhere. It stalled around the people who skipped the new skill. Here's what the 2026 numbers actually say. General tech

Every week we see another headline about AI replacing jobs. White-collar coding, content work, customer support, all of it being automated, restructured, or quietly thinned out. We hear from veterans in our community who read that noise and start to wonder if the door to tech is closing right as they reach for it. It is not. And we want to walk you through why. A new wave of research and hiring data from early 2026 shows the opposite of what the headlines suggest. The AI boom

For veterans transitioning into or growing within the private sector, LinkedIn is no longer optional. It is infrastructure. It is often the first place a recruiter, hiring manager, or executive leader goes to evaluate your trajectory, scope of responsibility, and readiness for larger roles. A strong profile translates leadership, operational ownership, and mission execution into language the business world understands. Your headline defines your lane. Your About section commu

MIAMI, November 12, 2025 - Cloud Veterans has been named a Platinum Winner in Pluralsight’s 2025 Best in Tech Awards, celebrating organizations that lead in technology learning, workforce development, and innovation. Founded in 2019 by Gregory Scott Henson, Founder and CEO of Henson Group and now Chairman of the Board of ALIANDO, Cloud Veterans is a 100% volunteer-run nonprofit helping U.S. military veterans and spouses launch meaningful careers in cloud computing. The organ

Transitioning out of the military and into a civilian tech career is no small feat. For many veterans, the journey includes retraining, earning certifications, and proving yourself in a brand-new environment. Programs like Cloud Veterans help bridge the gap by equipping you with industry-recognized credentials like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud certifications. But there's one area where even the best-trained veterans stumble: salary negotiations . In the service, your pay was

Veterans bring leadership and grit—but if your resume reads like a military report, it may never reach a hiring manager. Translate your experience into civilian terms, tailor it to each role with keywords for ATS, and use LinkedIn to land referrals. Want help? Cloud Veterans offers free resume reviews and job support to help you thrive in tech. 👉 cloudveterans.org

With new federal funding, tech giants expanding veteran programs, and the cloud job market booming, there’s never been a better time for veterans to transition into tech.

Cloud Veterans has already served over 500 veterans in 2025—nearly triple the number we supported in all of 2024—and we’re on track to break 1,000 this year.

Whether you're transitioning out of the military or already navigating civilian life, your skills are in high demand. From high-paying IT roles to purpose-driven careers in law enforcement, manufacturing, and construction—there’s a path built for your strengths.