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Drive the Guard

With this enlistment option, you can:

  • Get paid for monthly drills while attending commercial truck driving school
  • Graduate with a Commercial Driver’s License
  • Get help landing a full-time job with a motor carrier
  • Continue to serve in the Guard

After Basic Combat Training Basic Combat Training:
Basic Combat Training (BCT) is a 10-week course of intense physical and mental training, during which recruits develop essential Soldier skills, discipline and values.X and Advanced Individual Training Advanced Individual Training:
(AIT) Following Basic Training, Soldiers attend AIT to learn a military job skill. Depending on the specialty, training ranges from 1 month to 1 year.X, you’ll get paid for monthly drills while attending commercial truck driving school—plus the Guard will help you find a full-time job after graduation.

How it works:

  1. Your recruiter will provide you with an application for an approved truck driving school.
  2. If you meet the National Guard eligibility requirements, you’ll complete and submit the application.
  3. Once accepted, you’ll enlist in the National Guard and begin receiving benefits—like a monthly paycheck, base privileges and much more.
  4. You’ll complete Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training (if you’ve never served previously).*
  5. After training, you’ll attend an approved truck driving school and complete monthly Guard drills at your local unit.
  6. 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. A minimum three-year enlistment is required. Current Guard Soldiers with at least two years remaining on their contract are also eligible and will complete truck driving school while in a drilling status. Your recruiter has complete details.

Here are the 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.
  • You must be accepted at a CDTFI-affiliated (Commercial Vehicle Driver Training Foundation, Inc.) truck driving program.
  • Your recruiter can help you find the program nearest you.
  • You must be able to meet State D.O.T. driving record requirements.
  • You must be 21 (varies by state/territory) to obtain your Commercial Driver’s License.

Note: Army National Guard programs and benefits are subject to change. For the latest information, please contact your local recruiter.