{"id":53859,"date":"2022-02-07T18:31:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T18:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/02\/07\/white-house-pushing-to-get-more-veterans-into-the-trucking-industry\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:03:33","slug":"white-house-pushing-to-get-more-veterans-into-the-trucking-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/education-transition\/2022\/02\/07\/white-house-pushing-to-get-more-veterans-into-the-trucking-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"White House pushing to get more veterans into the trucking industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House\u2019s latest idea to fix <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/mil-money\/2021\/06\/04\/labor-wood-and-equipment-shortages-creating-havoc-for-some-troops-moving-this-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\">the nation\u2019s supply chain<\/a> issues is to put more veterans in trucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials from the Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, Labor and Transportation in coming days will be touting an array of existing programs to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2022\/02\/04\/half-a-million-veterans-re-entered-the-workforce-in-january\/\" target=\"_blank\"> help separating service members get careers<\/a> in the trucking industry. The effort is expected to start Monday, with an announcement from the White House highlighting the programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move comes just a few days after administration officials met with veterans groups to highlight the programs and encourage them to share information with their members.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2022\/02\/04\/half-a-million-veterans-re-entered-the-workforce-in-january\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20246719893742.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Half a million veterans re-entered the workforce in January<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The unemployment rate rose, but largely because many more veterans were seeking work last month.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also comes as businesses nationwide have struggled with a host of supply chain issues in recent months. Getting products from warehouses to store shelves has been complicated by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and a lack of workers in key posts at ports and other transition stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House officials have promoted increasing the number of truck drivers in America as a long-term solution to the problem, and offered a host of recent training initiatives to direct job seekers to the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the administration\u2019s \u201cTrucking Action Plan to Strengthen America\u2019s Workforce\u201d released in December, officials said that veterans skills and experience make them \u201cexcellent candidates to help address these challenges and build the next generation\u2019s trucking workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Defense already offers online credentialing opportunities for troops before they leave the service as well as trucking-specific classes in the SkillBridge program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House is also highlighting that veterans can use a variety of VA benefits \u2014 including the GI Bill and Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program \u2014 to get jobs in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Labor has a 90-day trucking program based on their existing apprenticeship programs designed to fast-track would-be drivers into jobs. Officials said they\u2019ll be targeting veterans for those openings in coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the Department of Transportation\u2019s Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Grant Program trains service members, veterans, and military spouses in \u201cthe safe operation of commercial vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of the programs will be featured in department messaging in coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2022\/02\/02\/400m-va-program-to-help-covid-unemployed-vets-has-produced-few-new-jobs\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" 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