my plans so far

congrats on your decision to join our nations military service

that said, lets get to the knitty gritty

3.5 years of being an army truck driver will in no way, shape or form will give you enuf experiance to get a CDL, a job at swift, let alone the experiance nessacary to be an O/O

yes it will only be 3.5 years....basic is what, 14 weeks now, then you have AIT...6 to 20 weeks depending on the school...plus a few weeks of being a holdover waitin for enuf troops to arive to start training...figure 6 months just to get trained to be a soldier

do your service, get out, use the GI Bill to fund your training at an approved CDL school, get a company job for a few years, learn what trailer you like, what the frieght lanes are, rates, expences

after a few years of tearing up someone else's truck you can think about buying one....if you have your ducks in a row and still want to do it, the SBA has special loan programs just for vets

then buy yerself a truck and go to work for yourself

 

you will not do a log book in the army, a dispatch, pmcs and pull a small trailer are about all you will do...most of the riving and hualing will be done by whatever they changed to MOS, it used to be 88M

trust me im a Staff Sergeant in the reserves

and dont let the "wars" fool ya into not joining....i have been in for almost 13 years, guard reserve and active duty


my main point is, you dont even have a CDL so dont be thinking about owning a money pit just yet

get some experiance (a few years worth at a minimum) and figure out if this is even something you WANT to do