I have been hacking since I was about 8 years old. Ever since I saw my Dad bypassing a windows XP password, by going into safe mode, I was hooked. After that I started burying my nose into any kind of reading material that I could find related to hacking. I started off making silly .bat and .vbs files to pull pranks on my friends until later I found an operating system specifically designed for "hackers" called Backtrack (later called Kali). My first experiments were with wireless security, but my interests quickly changed. During the 2 years I spent in High School learning computer networking and computer service at VoTech in Hannibal Mo my interests drifted more and more towards CTF's and penetration testing.This passion for the world of cyber security led me to joining the Army as a Cryptologic Cyberspace Intelligence Collector/Analyst (35Q) when I was 18. After graduating the Joint Cyber Analysis Course (JCAC) with honors, I was then sent to my first duty station where I became certified as a Core Exploitation Analyst.Over the years my passion has done nothing but increase as I try to master every new shiny tool and technique that comes my way. I sign up for any courses made available to me including but not limited to assembly for reverse engineering, basic malware analysis, and network traffic analysis. My free time is booked going through everything from Hack the Box, to Pentester Academy. My goal is to achieve as many certifications and skills as possible to enable me to pursue a career in security research and penetration testing after completing my military obligation.Specialties: python, binary exploitation, reverse engineering, penetration testing.Certifications: JCAC, Certified Core Exploitation Analyst, CEH