Trucking News: U.S Marine, Army veteran wins Transition Trucking Kenworth

[Mike]

A 24-year veteran of the U.S. Marines and U.S. Army has accepted the keys to a new Kenworth T680, the grand prize in the 2019 Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence competition.

The competition, in its fifth consecutive year, is sponsored by Kenworth Truck Co., Fastport Trucking Track Mentoring Program and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring our Heroes Program.

The goal was to find America’s top rookie military veteran who made the successful transition from active duty to driving for a commercial fleet.
The 2019 Transition Trucking award went to Joseph H. Campbell Jr., a driver for the flatbed division of Roehl Transport, Marshfield, Wis.

U.S Marine, Army veteran wins Transition Trucking Kenworth

Joseph H. Campbell Jr., a military veteran serving 24 years in the U.S. Marines and U.S. Army, won a Kenworth truck in the 2019 Transition Trucking contest.

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You put an IH novelty plate on a Ford.

 

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You put an IH novelty plate on a Ford.

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[Electric Chicken]

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