{"id":173,"date":"2024-01-14T20:46:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T20:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.odu.edu\/odupresentationtemplate\/?page_id=173"},"modified":"2024-01-29T02:34:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T02:34:55","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacksonbales\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello, my name is Jackson Bales. I am a 26 year old Navy veteran who is attending Old Dominion University. I currently hold an associates degree in information systems technology and I am currently pursuing a bachelors degree in cybersecurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before joining the Navy, I grew up in a small town called Effingham, Illinois. After bootcamp, I moved to Connecticut, and then Norfolk, Virginia. I spent 5 years as a boatswains mate before making the decision to separate from the military and pursue higher education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After I had obtained my associates degree, I got a job working for a Cybernetics, a company that specializes in storage area networks. I currently troubleshoot software, work as a level two help desk associate, and install open source software. This job has given me experience working with multiple distributions of Linux, switching, routing, and setting up cloud servers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacksonbales\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35348\/2024\/01\/Cover-letter-pic-2-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"234\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacksonbales\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35348\/2024\/01\/Cover-letter-pic-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacksonbales\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35348\/2024\/01\/Cover-letter-pic-2-2.jpg 234w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacksonbales\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35348\/2024\/01\/Cover-letter-pic-2-2-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, my name is Jackson Bales. I am a 26 year old Navy veteran who is attending Old Dominion University. I currently hold an associates degree in information systems technology and I am currently pursuing a bachelors degree in cybersecurity. Before joining the Navy, I grew up in a small town called Effingham, Illinois. After &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacksonbales\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About Me:<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28343,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacksonbales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacksonbales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacksonbales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacksonbales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28343"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacksonbales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacksonbales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacksonbales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173\/revisions\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacksonbales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}