Public voting for Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence Award finalists began Saturday, Nov. 1 and will run through Veterans Day, Nov. 11.
The award, coordinated by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes program, Kenworth Truck Company and Fastport, honors military veterans who have made an outstanding transition into the commercial trucking industry.
The public is invited to cast their vote online on the Transition Trucking website (https://transitiontrucking.org/vote/).
This year’s finalists are:
Charles Jones Jr., U.S. Army (E-7), Roehl Transport
Jones graduated from high school in Indian Trail, North Carolina, in 2004 and committed to the Army through its delayed entry program. With over 20 years of service, he served as an unmanned aircraft systems operator, instructor operator, standards operator, and platoon sergeant, completing three combat deployments to Iraq and two rotations to South Korea. A husband to Katrina and father to Alvin and Monica, Jones graduated from the Georgia Driving Academy in December of 2024 and began his professional driving career with Roehl Transport in early 2025.
Macy Mattice, U.S. Army (E-4), Melton Truck Lines
Mattice is a U.S. Army veteran who served from 2010 to 2018 as an 88M motor transport operator, specializing in heavy equipment transportation. Today, she is a flatbed driver for Melton Truck Lines. Originally from Winter Springs, Florida, Macy lives near Jacksonville with her son, Rusty.
Mark Scriven, U.S. Army (E-6), Stevens Transport
Scriven, a U.S. Army veteran and former staff sergeant, served nine years as a Patriot missile operator/maintainer, earning multiple Army achievement medals and recognition as a combat lifesaver. Today, he brings skills he obtained in the military to his career as a professional truck driver and trainer with Stevens Transport. Scriven, a father of three, recently welcomed a daughter in August.
Through a comprehensive nomination process, careful review by a selection committee, and a final public vote, the program will recognize and reward America’s top rookie military veteran drivers.
The winner will be announced Dec. 12 during a special event at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C.
This year’s top award winner will drive away in the state-of-the-art Kenworth T680, equipped with a 76-inch sleeper and the PACCAR Powertrain featuring the PACCAR MX-13 engine rated at 455 horsepower, PACCAR TX-12 automated transmission and PACCAR DX-40 tandem rear axles. The program will award a $10,000 prize for the runner-up and $5,000 for the second runner-up.
For more information, visit https://transitiontrucking.org/
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