Comments By Adam C.

Irregardless, the loan will have to be paid off one way or another.

And, this can result in an Article 15 if not taken care of. "Failure to properly manage debts, both business or private."

No, National Guardsman are only under UCMJ if activated by the federal government (deployments etc.). This is a state activation. Your thinking active duty probably.

Adam, I wanted to address something else you said earlier, but didn't have the time to deal with it. My day is over now, so here it is.

I worked with the company up until mid July 2019 (one and a half months total) and left because I had military duties (National Guard training for a month long). They then emailed me stating I have to redo the training because I been away “too long“. I was a little angry so I didn’t go back.

That was a perfectly normal response from Western Express. I'm quite sure any company would send you back out with a trainer under those circumstances. You're a brand new driver. You have one and a half months experience and then you take off for a month. You simply don't understand this career if that angered you. It's a very normal reaction. You are considered a high risk. They've got to cover their tail.

What do you think would happen to them if you had a serious accident? The lawyers would tear them to pieces in court. All because they didn't make sure you knew what you were doing.

Your biggest issue here is that you simply don't seem to understand this career. You don't understand the commitment it takes and you don't understand the liability involved.

Hey Old School, I just wanna start by saying thank you for all the advice you gave. I know I screwed up by thinking I would be able to take on two commitments at once - the military and trucking. I know it was a stupid thing to do and yes I admit that I am a stupid kid that still has alot to learn. The reason I posted what I did was to get real experience of the damage that will brought on myself for the mistake I made. My plan is to return to trucking in September because that is when I get out of the military for good and then I can finally fully commit to trucking. As of right now I cannot. As of right now I’m part of the National Guard task force helping the hospitals deal with Covid-19. I do plan to be a trucker. And I know I can commit to trucking because I’ve been committed to the Army for 9 years.

Hey all,

(Before I begin with this I matter, I wanted to say I already had my CDL prior to going to Western Express).

So I joined up with Western Express and signed that 12-month contract/agreement last year May 2019. I worked with the company up until mid July 2019 (one and a half months total) and left because I had military duties (National Guard training for a month long). They then emailed me stating I have to redo the training because I been away “too long“. I was a little angry so I didn’t go back. I haven’t returned to any trucking jobs since then (been working with the NG). But now (April 2020), I get an email stating I have until April 23rd to call them and let them know if I will come back to work for them or pay the contract $2500.

So my question is:

Does anyone know how far Western Express takes these matters? Such as, will they flag me from getting hired at any other carrier or pursue this in court or give the debt off to a collections agency etc?

I also find it weird that they waited almost a year to dump this on me.

Any advice or real info would help.