88M National Guard, High School Grad
Topic 34669 | Page 1
Do you want to connect with California military truck drivers, or do you want to try and fill alleged critical shortages of truck drivers? Or are you asking how does one transition from the military to a truck driver with a CDL? I don’t think anyone’s responded before now because your post is all over the place… I can’t tell if you are a troll or just really don’t know what it is you’re looking for. The FMCSA already has established pathways for persons transitioning from the military to truck driver. Here’s a link for you: military to CDL holders … … I spent about three seconds finding that link.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
CSA:
Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA)
The CSA is a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) initiative to improve large truck and bus safety and ultimately reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities that are related to commercial motor vehicle
FMCSA:
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
The FMCSA was established within the Department of Transportation on January 1, 2000. Their primary mission is to prevent commercial motor vehicle-related fatalities and injuries.
What Does The FMCSA Do?
- Commercial Drivers' Licenses
- Data and Analysis
- Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement
- Research and Technology
- Safety Assistance
- Support and Information Sharing
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
Fm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.New Reply:
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Hello, our team is in the business of recruiting Special Forces and Army Rangers. We’re pretty good at that and our bosses want us to try our marketing techniques to help find critical shortages for truck drivers.
As we learn, if we have high school kids joining the National Guard as 88M Truck Drivers - what are pathways for them to civilian CDL employment? They’d continue to serve in the National Guard and expand into the professional world of trucking.
What you be their step by step process?
Any current California 88M in this forum?
Thanks!
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CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: