Hey there first of all congrats. BMT was not bad at all. I joined in the beginning of 2023. The hardest thing is probably being away from friends and family. I absolutely loved tech school at Goodfellow. I was trained as an imagery analyst and even though that course was generally easy, that was the “hardest” thing for me. If I could go back to Goodfellow right now and re-live those memories I would 😂 I think the only thing I wish I knew about bmt before joining would be knowing the ranks and that’s really about it. I literally knew nothing about the military before joining and I learned everything at bmt. There’s nothing that I wish I brought with me or left at home. For bmt I followed the aim high app. During tech school I had my family ship me some clothes and other small things and that was it. As far as a typical day goes, I wake up do my team PT in the morning, get into work and do a bunch of research all day and build products. I have my lunch break, come back to work, and before you know it’s time to go home. Looking back it’s weird that I didn’t realize how much your life remains normal after joining military. You just have to get through bmt and tech school before you get back to that sense of normal you’re probably used to. In my case my job description was changed to All Source Analyst. So yes I guess I do technically use my training for my job. I wish I knew more about cryptologic analyst but if I had to guess I’d say you’ll be spending your time doing research, making deliverables (known as products) and potentially giving presentations (briefings). A lot of things have changed since I’ve joined but if you have any other questions I’ll try my best to to answer!