Veteran Newb looking for a decent company.

From bubblehead to skateboarder.... LOL now there's a switch!

Don't know much about prime, but good luck regardless. Sounds like you have a decent plan forming before you get out.

 

Most companies don't allow cats. I wouldn't mention having a cat.

CTL Transportation allows a rider and one pet.

I love that fresh baked bread the cooks bake on the ships. They used to give me a loaf right out of the oven & I'd stick it under my shirt, but you could smell me going down the passageway. No way to hide that delicious smell.

I started fresh also; moved to Las Vegas last year. Cheap houses and property taxes along with no personal income taxes.

Prime is OK, but their tankers are food grade, not hazmat. The good money is hazmat/tankers. Their flatbed division is OK; real sharp looking equipment. If there's any way to swing a 160 hr. private CDL school, do that and go directly into hazmat/tankers or flatbed such as Melton Truck Lines or one of the hazmat/tanker companies that hire new CDL grads. Melton and some of the tanker outfits have veterans programs.

 

Okay, I am confused. Do we really consider Navy guys as veterans? The Air Force does the real fighting and the Army and Marines are the helpers, but Navy?

Actually, my grandfather was Navy and was award the Navy Cross at Guadalcanal.

Any company would be lucky to get you. Just don't work cheap. Working cheap is trucking's equivalent of your turn in the barrel. Welcome to trucking.

 

I would. Just have a plan-B such as a big purse to hide the cat in while at a terminal & you're wife can take a walk with it or whatever fits the situation. If you get caught, tell them you thought it was a chihuahua with an effeminate bark.

 

Dont' forget the US Coast Guard. Many are unaware the Coast Guard was fighting in Vietnam before the Navy and Air Force arrived. Google : US Coast Guard in Vietnam

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Thanks for your service, not a squid, though I'm a Soldier. Talk to Melton, they may take you in with your CDL and then send you out with a trainer. Did you take advantage of the new law allowing us Vets to get a CDL?