Go to college!! I know at least a hundred people who regret not going to college. In my thirty six years of life I NEVER met anyone who regrets going to college.

AC Ranger,

I have 17 1/2 years in the Army and I am currently taking online courses with Axia College which is part of the University of Phoenix. At 38 years old I did not think I would be going back to college, but like others have said, it will open doors. Like you, I want to get back to driving and get my own truck. However, I want to be able to be smart about what I do. I started out to get my degree in information technology, but I am thinking about changing it to business management in order to be better prepared to start and run my own business. It sounds like you have a lot of motivation and ambition. Be smart about it and never think you have it all figured out.

Best of luck!!

Never hurts to get that degree. I retired from the Air Force but made sure i used the benefits they provided to get my degree. Even if you never use it to obtain a job, you will always have it.

I guess that's why God created the trucker's road atlas, with all the mile markers indicated therein.

If you're hauling freight 500 miles and only getting paid for two-thirds of that, you have no one to blame but yourself.

-- c t

I don't regret going to college. Girls, beers, tailgating at college football games, and playing "bags".

It was so much fun I quit after summer and went back. I joined a fraternity later in my 6and 1/2 year college escapade and the rest explains itself

I didn't of course. Simply offered it as an example of one way I could have lost that day.

I went 8 years
days, nights whatever
The counselor asked me what my major was
I said "I don't know"
He said you are a history major
"No kiddin"
I grad i ated
And bought a truck
been truckin ever since

How much does being in the army pay?

It depends on your rank.

I had 23k on my w2 last year. I did a combat tour this year so it will be a little higher, maybe 25-26k.


The upside is room and board is paid for so I didn't have rent or a mortgage to pay. Of course, I also live in a room. Not an apartment, not a house. A room.

The army isn't a bad gig. It's just time for me to move on.