Help an old Marine Vet!

[DRIVENDOG]

I have been contacted by PTL (Paschall Trucking Lines) I think this the name of the company there out of Kentucky, has any one ever heard of this company and can you say anything good or bad about them?

I haven't even started school (will start on 29 Jan) and already several companies have called and me to commit to them, most sound too good to be true, I still have CFI as my number one company I want to work for but I do want to research all offers. So if anyone can help me I would be most appreciative.

I know there are a lot of fomer service men and women out there, can you please help an old vet out.
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Smile Again! Devildog, Semper-Fi

Improvise, Adapt and Overcome

[Midnight Flyer]

Thanks for your service to our country! Marines rock! CFI is an excellent company and I don't think you can go wrong with them. But researching other companies is an excellent idea to give you several to get serious about. But do stay away from C.R. England as they are bad news, mainly because they try to cram their fleece operator deal down your throat.

[yoopr]

Do your Research carefully and don't jump into a company too fast.
By the way-One of my convoy Commanders in Iraq nickname was Devil Dog.

Good Luck to you.

[redsfan]

I have a friend that works for PTL. When I was in CDL school we were the only two in our class. He went to PTL, I went to Maverick.

I haven't talked to him for about a month now, but the last I heard he still liked them really well. He's a guy that likes to run and stay out 3-4 weeks at a time, but they were doing a great job keeping him running and he was making a decent living.

The only thing that scared me a little about them was that they promoted him to Driver Trainer after he had been with them about 6 months. I would be a little leery about getting in a truck to be trained by a guy that only had 6 months experience on me, but then it's not my company to run.

If you'd like I can give him a call today and report back to you on his experience with them. One other thing, I'm not sure if they are fully there yet, but they were headed to an entire automatic fleet.

Good luck!

[Coach]

yoopr wrote: "By the way-One of my convoy Commanders in Iraq nickname was Devil Dog. "

At Belleau Wood in June of 1918, the German army dubbed the U.S. Marines Teufelhunden, which translates to dog from hell or Devil Dog. The Marines were spanking German ***** in such an impressive manner that they were bestowed with this term of respect. Marines even call each other Devil Dog. The term applied to salty Navy Corpsmen attached to the Marines is Devil Doc which I think is cool as well.

[Sealord]

A Navy Corpsman doesn't have to be "salty" to be referred to as "Devil Doc". Any FMF corpsman merits the respect to be so referred and revered. BOL
Blackshoe USN, '64 - '95. SR (E-1) - SCPO (E-8), then into the CWO community.

Mods, why does the numeral eight change to a sun with shades?

[Coach]

A Navy Corpsman doesn't have to be "salty" to be referred to as "Devil Doc". Any FMF corpsman merits the respect to be so referred and revered. BOL
Blackshoe USN, '64 - '95. SR (E-1) - SCPO (E-8), then into the CWO community.

While I generally agree and appreciate your comment, I hate to admit that the HM community has a few dirt bags that aren't worth their salt, can't carry the gear, and live up to the tradition. I guess that's what I was trying to say when I used the word salty. You are correct in that they are 'Doc' when they walk in the door based on other Corpsmen's past deeds. It's up to them to maintain that respect and trust that has been built through the years.
I am a retired Corpsman with 26 years, many of them with the FMF. I miss it pretty bad and I'm trying to decide if I want to start an OTR driving career.

[DRIVENDOG]

I wanted to use the handle Devil dog but it seems to be taken, I was a Marine for 10 years ( an 03331,0341,0311,) I was also on the Marine Security detail at the White House during President Regan's term, sure do miss him and MRS. Nancy, they treated me with great respect and they did a fine job of running the country! I love the Corps and my last dying thoughts will be of the Corps, Corps and the Corps, wish I was still in there. I will always be a Devil Dog at heart and the Corpsmen (Devil Dogs) attached to a Marine FMF unit will always have my utmost respect, the ones I met during my tour in the Corps earned it the old fashioned way, May you all live a long and prosperous life and will regroup at Heavens Gate as we go to hell to conquer it.

Semper-Fi

[Coach]

ooh-rah, Devil Dog

[homer]

francis hammond was a corpman who won the medal of honor in korea.i was on the ship named for him for two years.they scrapped it though

[Coach]

There is also a middle school in Alexandria, VA named after him. I was on a DDG in Yokosuka when the FRANCIS HAMMOND was there. I was also on the BOWEN, a KNOX class frigate like the HAMMOND.

[homer]

i made the best of my time in yokosuka,9 months in drydock.had girl in town and rode all over on trains.did another 18 months in diego on pigeon asr21.some of those frigates were anchored in bremerton for a long time but they scrapped them.knox was first thing you saw arriving in bremerton.type in your ship name and they got blogs with some of those people on them.

[homer]

glad to hear about the school.from reading the plaque it said he got hit bad,but adrenaline kicked in and he kept fighting and treating casualties and saved a lot of people before he died.