National Museum of the USAF "AFA Cyber Patriot XVIII" Application Form 2025/2026

Application Information - TO BE COMPLETED BY STUDENT APPLICANT

The National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF) will take part in the 2025/2026 Cyber Patriot Season XVIII.

The museum will host three teams of students in grades 9 -12:

- Two co-ed teams of students, consisting of up to 6 students and 1 alternate

- One all-female team

The season will run from approximately July 2025 through February 2026, this can extend longer for national qualifying teams. Cyber Patriot training and competitions will require a significant time and energy commitment from the students. This program will be a major commitment in terms of the student's time and energy. Attendance is Required!

Interested students, please fill out this form to be considered for a spot on the NMUSAF AFA Cyber Patriot team. Applications will be accepted until August 15, 2025, at 5 p.m.

To learn more about this exciting, national-level Cyber Security competition, click here.

Please note that your eligibility to join the team will be determined more by your commitment to participate fully, than by answering questions about your prior experience in cyber security.

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* Student Information

Student's Last Name

Student's First Name

School name

Student's City/Town

State

ZIP

Student's email address

Student's phone number

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* Student's grade level for school year 2024/2025?

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* Have you taken a cyber security course or had previous cyber security experience?

Yes

If yes, please tell us the what prior cyber security experience you had.

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* Have you participated in AFA Cyber Patriot Program or compeition?

Yes

If yes, please tell us what cyber security program and for how many years.

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* Do you have any experience with virtual machines or programs (such as Cisco, Ubuntu, Linux etc.)?

Yes

If yes, please tell us which programs you have experience with:

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* Please tell us why you would like to be a member of NMUSAF AFA Cyber Patriot Team?

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* Please tell us what you expect to learn from being a member of a AFA Cyber Patriot team?

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* Please tell us if you would be willing to be on an All-Female AFA Cyber Patriot team?

Yes

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* Anything else you would like us to know about you in regards to joining NMUSAF AFA Cyber Patriot team?

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* As a member of this team, you will be expected to complete training modules and make cyber security training a priority. Please comment below to indicate your level of commitment to being on this cyber security team. Are you willing to dedicate the time needed to this team? You will be expected to attend meetings, virtual sessions, complete training modules and lectures.