J.B. Hunt Transport Services has launched an initiative to hire 10,000 U.S. military veterans by 2020.
December 5, 2014Business
ATA Pledges Members Will Hire 100,000 Veterans Over Two Years
American Trucking Associations pledged that its members will hire 100,000 military veterans over the next two years.
December 2, 2014Business
Trucking Fleets Haul Thousands of Wreaths to Honor Veterans During Holiday Season
ARLINGTON, Va. — Trucking companies participating in the annual “Wreaths Across America Day” hauled thousands of Christmas wreaths that will lie on veterans’ headstones during the holiday season.
December 24, 2012Government, Business
Bill Would Allow Veterans Easier Access to CDLs
A bill passed by Congress last month would open up more job opportunities for military veterans by allowing them to obtain commercial driver licenses in the states where they are stationed, even if they are away from home, the bill’s supporters said.
October 2, 2012Business
Virginia Program Helps Veterans Get CDLs
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has streamlined the commercial driver’s license application process for veterans with truck driving experience.
September 21, 2012Business
Trucking Companies Deliver Wreaths to Honor Veterans
Trucking companies from across the country volunteered their services this month to deliver donated wreaths to veterans’ tombstones in conjunction with Wreaths Across America.
December 13, 2011Business
Truckers Volunteer to Honor Veterans with 200,000 Wreaths at Cemeteries
What started in 1992 as a project to honor veterans by laying 5,000 holiday wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery has grown to more than 200,000 wreaths and 100,000 volunteers, including a convoy of tractor-trailers that earlier this month carried donated wreaths to more than 500 burial sites for veterans in every state, Puerto Rico and 24 cemeteries on foreign soil.
December 20, 2010