Go join SIU and get on a list for Crowley ATBs. You can start out as a AB UTITLITY making 75k a year and then transition into a Tankerman or 3M. 3M would be faster since the AB tankerman jobs are pretty locked up. They have everything you want, good benefits, retirement, stability etc etc.
That was my plan until someone planted a seed about SUP in my head. California looks like a real shit show right now though.
Bouchard used to have that on their website. When I got there the first person I met was an OS who was “juiced in.” After a few weeks I began to question my decision to go to school. Then the guy failed a urinalysis, he hung on for awhile, but eventually left, making me feel slightly better about my decision.