Are'nt we over the road soldiers

That’s an interesting thought; there are a lot of similarities between the two. However we are not necessarily putting ourselves in harms way, no one is trying to kill me while I am out doing my job.
Kirk

 

i am both an otr o/o and a reserve soldier

while both have similarities...they arent comparable

for one when im in my kw, i dont need to wear body armour
but when in my acu's i dont need a log book

the time sacrafices from family and friends are somewhat simial...but face it....6 weeks is alot shorter than 18 months

and best of all i can stay away from the "shooting garrery's" when iim out toolin around in my kw

 

Thank you for your service Broncrider! Regardless of the amount of sacricfice, there still is sacrifice.

 

Interesting point

 

"...as much a asoldier protecting this country"?

I'm sorry, truckerswife, but I disagree. Truckers play a very important role in our country and there is no doubt that OTR truckers do not get the home time that some would like. (Keep in mind that not all OTR truckers like or need a lot of hometime, from what I understand.)

But the two -- trucker and soldier -- hardly compare.

 

then of course you have the trucker soldiers who do it in iraq (loads of fun, lol) i spent a year over there and it was not fun from ied's to small arms fire. but at least the iraqis cant shoot for ####, try to hit you with an rpg and miss. speaking of that i was hauling jp8 (refined diesl used in jets and trucks over there) and heard a thump on my tank, we pull in to base camp and the mp's signal me to pull off into a large field, i had an rpg sticking out of my tank. thank god it did not go off.