Are you looking for the opportunity to obtain your CDL? Are you looking for a guaranteed full-time job with a trucking/motor carrier? If so, this is the chance for you! Read below for more details on "Drive the Guard," by the Army National Guard.
Drive your career to the top!
With the Drive The Guard enlistment option, you can:
- Get paid for monthly drills while attending commercial truck driving school
- Graduate with a Commercial Driver's License
- Be guaranteed a full-time job with a motor carrier
- Continue to serve in the Guard
After Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training, you'll get paid for monthly drills while attending commercial truck driving school - plus be guaranteed a full-time job after graduation.
How does the program work?
There's always a demand for qualified and certified commercial drivers. And now the National Guard's Drive the Guard program:
- Helps you complete truck driver training at an approved school
- Provides you with a monthly paycheck while you train
- Assists you with finding a full-time job with a reputable trucking company once you complete the program
How it works:
- Your Recruiter will provide you with an application for an approved truck driving school.
- If you meet the National Guard eligibility requirements, you'll complete and submit the application.
- Once accepted, you'll enlist in the National Guard and begin receiving benefits—like a monthly paycheck, base privileges and much more.
- You'll complete Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training (if you've never served previously).
- After training, you'll attend an approved truck driving school and complete monthly Guard drills at your local unit.
- You'll graduate with a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and work full-time for a carrier and serve part-time as a Guard Soldier.
*Prior Service applicants will follow the same process with the exception of attending Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training. Current Guard Soldiers are also eligible and will complete truck driving school while in a drilling status.
There are a few requirements to participating in Drive the Guard. Take a look to see if you meet the standards.
Basic Requirements:
- You must have a valid driver's license
- You must be a U.S. Citizen
- You must be able to pass a physical exam and meet legal and moral standards
Program Requirements:
- You must be accepted at a CDTFI-affiliated (Commercial Vehicle Driver Training Foundation, Inc.) truck driving program*
- You must have a clean driving record
- You must be 21 (varies by state/territory) to obtain your Commercial Driver's License
*Find a school near you at www.cdtfi.org and hit the road with the Guard