Profile For Kurtis L.

Hello all and good morning. I just so happened to stumble upon this post and found it interesting. Here is a little bit about me. My name is Kurtis, and I'm 26, got out of active duty Marine Corps in 2014, moved to Texas and became a firefighter/emt where I got my CDL B license. While I was a firefighter, I drove for a company called Martin Marietta Materials driving a concrete truck. Fast forward to now, I moved to Arkansas about a month ago and as of yesterday I got my class a permit in hand. I've been doing alot of research on companies and narrowed it down to three: TMC, ROEHL, and NAVAJO. both ROEHL and NAVAJO, gave me the run around and gave me sales pitches. TMC on the other didn't. My recruiter is Tracey Greene (who is awesome by the way) has answered every question in detail, briefed me on the VA apprenticeship program, benefits, home time, orientation, training etc. She laid it all on the table. I followed up her claims with my own research from both online and other truckers and found it all valid. I was approved for training and I start CDL training next Monday May 1, 2017. I will be posting on here as well as making YouTube videos of my journey as I go. I will tell the YouTube channel name here once I make it. Now my question to y'all is this, how is orientation? I've heard it has a similar atmosphere like being the military, is that true? What do the days general seem like? (Example. 530am wake up call to catch the shuttle at 630am to be there by 7am?) Any and all advice and experiences are welcome! Thank you in advance and safe travels!