I don't know what to do anymore, looking for advice please, i'm thinking of trucking

Thanks for the help everyone. To quinid my state of residence was Missouri when i joined so i wouldn't get that Illinois benefit you were talking about. My residence was only about 12 miles from Illinois though kinda ironic how a few miles could mean the difference between getting something and not getting something. To notarps4me that is exactly what my granfather and dad both did. My grandpa flew b-52's in WW2 and was a POW and when he got out got a government desk job. My dad was drafted in Vietnam and when he got out also got a job working for the gov't. I'll keep that as an option but I would like to do my own thing and not really get too tied down right now. Trucking just seems really appealing to me at this stage. I do want to use the education benefits i have and get a business degree but right now i need money and as much as i can make so i want to get at least a couple or so years in otr and then try and get a local driving job where i could go to school in my offtime. I eventually would like to own my own business so i just want to work as much as possible and save as much money as possible for the near future. Does anyone know any good trucking companies based out of or headquartered in texas? I'd like to make texas my residence when i become a trucker because of their non existent income tax and some of their state laws. It also seems as if texas held it's own during this downturn in the economy so i figure maybe that's better for the companies based in that state meaning more freight maybe. Thanks again for the help everyone.

 

Wow, i wouldn't have guessed that about texas given that 3 of americas top 10 most populated cities are in texas and that the economy in texas remained strong when others went down. I guess that's why i'm not a good gambler, lol. So do most truckers think like i was thinking though and get domiciled in states that have no state income tax?

 

Thanks for the kind comments and support Retired i appreciate it. Quinid i know there are other states that have their own individual benefits for veterans on top of the federal benefits. Unfortunately for me my state Missouri dosen't have anything extra i could use. I can't remember all of them off the top of my head but the Illinois one seems generous. I'm glad you got to use it since you deserved it, thanks for your service and support too. If i remember correctly i think texas also had something really similar to illinois in that if you were a resident and remained a resident before and after enlistment you could get 100% tuition at state schools. Also connecticut has something where you can get 100% tuition to any state school regardless of if you were a resident there when you enlisted you just have to be a current resident for 1 year and have served in any military conflict since 1991, so that is generous. Uconn is in connecticut and many consider that a public ivy school so if you know anyone that is smart and a vet have them check that out especially if they live in the northeast. The new post 9/11 gi bill has the deal where you can get tuition paid at private schools too. I think there are some nice names on the list too like columbia and stanford if i'm not mistaken and they match the gi bill payment it's called yellow ribbon or something. The gi bill now is much better than the one my grandpa and dad both got i feel bad that they didn't get better benefits back then.