The push to add veterans to the trucking industry has been apparent over the past year. That push continued on April 4 with President Joe Biden’s announcement of a new task force.
Task Force Movement: Life-Cycle Pathways for Veterans and Military into Trucking is the latest effort to transition veterans into a career in trucking. Its mission, according to the White House, is to, “support the recruitment and retention of veterans and military family members.”
Army veteran Patrick Murphy, a former U.S. House of Representatives member from Pennsylvania, will chair the task force. Murphy, whose grandfather and father were truckers after serving in the military, said building a bridge between the military and trucking will be critical to their success.