Ask your commanding officer to certify that you are eligible, then submit the Tennessee CDL skills test waiver application when you take your CDL knowledge exam.

• You are a Tennessee resident and hold or are eligible for a Tennessee driver license
• You are serving in an active or reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces, or you are a former service member who received a discharge other than dishonorable
• You had military commercial vehicle driving training and experience and worked in a position in the last year that required operating a military commercial vehicle
• You have been licensed for at least two years on a military vehicle similar to the commercial vehicle class you are applying for
• You have not held more than one license other than a military license in the past two years, have not had a license suspended, revoked or cancelled in the past two years, have no convictions for a major offense in the past two years, and have no more than one conviction for a serious traffic violation in the past two years