2026年7月31日 美国东部时间7:00 / 福克斯新闻
拥有军方重型车辆服役经验的合格退伍军人可免重复参加已掌握的驾照培训
作者：彼得·达布罗斯卡 福克斯新闻
陆军退伍军人、卡车运输业高管盛赞特朗普解雇非法移民司机、雇佣退伍军人的计划
一位现任大型卡车运输公司高管的陆军退伍军人表示，特朗普总统加快退伍军人申请商业驾照（CDL）流程的计划将极大助力该行业。
NEW 您现在可以收听福克斯新闻文章！
blob:https://www.foxnews.com/78cf8741-8daa-4335-9f92-1b7df0e122b3
收听本文
4 分钟
一位出席了唐纳德·特朗普总统周三在白宫宣布一项名为“自由承运人”新举措的陆军退伍军人兼卡车运输公司高管，对这项提振行业的新计划表示赞扬。
“我来到这里支持进入这个始终缺人的行业的事业，”汤姆·雅克说道，他是废物管理公司的交通部合规总监。雅克同时还是宾夕法尼亚州卡车运输协会的董事会主席。
雅克的简历显示他曾入伍陆军，作为总统护卫队加入美国第三步兵师，他称该计划“太棒了”。
唐纳德·特朗普总统在白宫活动中发表讲话，宣布“自由承运人”倡议，身旁是交通部长肖恩·达菲。（彼得·达布罗斯卡/福克斯新闻数字频道）
特朗普任命退伍军人解决困扰美国公路的非法移民卡车运输问题
“能够将训练有素、纪律严明且乐于奉献的工人引入这个需要纪律和安全意识的行业，这太棒了，”雅克在白宫接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示。“驾驶8万磅重的牵引车挂车，你必须明白需要保持纪律和安全。因此，利用退伍军人从军队转型进入下一职业赛道的庞大劳动力资源，是件好事。”
根据该倡议，拥有军方服役期间获得的重型车辆操作经验的合格退伍军人可申请豁免商业驾照道路技能考试，从而避免重复参加已在军队中掌握的培训。
在目前已加入该计划的34个州中，部分符合条件的退伍军人还可豁免笔试。没有军方卡车驾驶经验的退伍军人将有资格参加加速培训，政府官员表示该培训可在数周内完成。
汤姆·雅克是陆军退伍军人、卡车运输业高管，同时也是宾夕法尼亚州卡车运输协会董事会主席。（彼得·达布罗斯卡/福克斯新闻数字频道）
特朗普推动“自由承运人”倡议，加快退伍军人进入卡车运输行业
“数据显示，退伍军人卡车司机的事故率比普通司机低42%。想想看，42%，”特朗普在活动中说道。“他们说这个数字还是非常保守的，因为他们的驾驶里程是非退伍军人司机的两倍。”
雅克表示，卡车运输行业始终需要新司机，并谈到了卡车司机在美国民众日常生活中的重要作用。
“看看卡车运输行业，这些幕后工作正是将商品运送到指定地点的关键，”他说。
他还指出，在新冠疫情期间，当非必要行业员工被休假、美国大部分地区实行居家办公时，卡车司机没有这种选择。美国人依赖他们的工作才能获得生活必需品，否则国家可能会“停摆”，他说道。
交通部长肖恩·达菲在唐纳德·特朗普总统出席的白宫活动中发表讲话，该活动宣布了旨在扩大退伍军人卡车运输就业机会的“自由承运人”倡议。（彼得·达布罗斯卡/福克斯新闻数字频道）
“卡车司机职位并不短缺，”雅克说。“劳动力正在老龄化。人们需要明白，我们必须持续补充劳动力，而让我们的退伍军人……在退役后就能获得一份不错的高薪工作，这是个绝佳的机会。看到更多退伍军人手握方向盘，那将是非常美好的事。”
失控的不合格非法移民卡车司机危及美国公路上的儿童，内部人士警告：“简直疯了”
卡车司机薪资丰厚这一事实并未被交通部长肖恩·达菲忽视，他也在周三的活动中发表了讲话。
“这些都是高薪工作，年薪可达8万至10万美元以上，”他说。“这一点很重要，因为曾在军队驾驶重型卡车的男女退伍军人退役后，不得不花费数月时间参加培训、通过技能和知识考试，才能驾驶这类车辆。”
该倡议还有另一项内容——将非法移民卡车司机赶下公路。
退伍军人、卡车运输行业代表和政府官员出席了白宫宣布特朗普政府“自由承运人”倡议的活动。（彼得·达布罗斯卡/福克斯新闻数字频道）
“多年来，美国高速公路一直被不合格的非法移民危险驾驶重型卡车所笼罩，”特朗普说道，他指出许多非法移民司机不会说英语或看不懂道路标志。“你必须具备这项技能，而这些人没有。他们却在驾驶重型卡车、半挂货车和牵引车挂车，仅仅因为州一级的激进左翼疯子给他们颁发了商业驾照，尽管他们根本无权获得这些驾照。”
点击此处下载福克斯新闻应用
他表示，仅去年一年，就至少有30名美国人死于非法移民卡车司机之手，且已有2.4万名非法移民司机被清除上路。
“简单来说，为了结束这种情况，激进左翼希望为非法移民提供更多工作岗位，让更多移民驾驶18轮卡车，”特朗普说。“而特朗普政府希望拥有更安全的道路，为美国退伍军人提供更多工作岗位。”
福克斯新闻数字频道的布里塔尼·米勒对本文亦有贡献。
彼得·达布罗斯卡是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者。
Army veteran raves over Trump’s plan to ditch illegal alien truck drivers and hire vets
July 31, 2026 7:00am EDT / Fox News
Qualified veterans with heavy vehicle experience from military service can skip duplicating driver training they received
By Peter D’Abrosca Fox News
Army veteran, trucking executive raves over Trump’s plan to ditch illegal alien drivers and hire vets
An Army veteran who is now the top executive at a major trucking company says President Trump’s plan to fast-track veterans applying for CDLs will greatly bolster the industry.
NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles!
blob:https://www.foxnews.com/78cf8741-8daa-4335-9f92-1b7df0e122b3
Listen to this article
4 min
An Army veteran and trucking company executive who attended President Donald Trump’s Wednesday announcement about a new initiative called “Freedom Haulers” at the White House praised the new plan to provide a boost to the industry.
“I came down here to support the cause of getting into an industry that is always in need,” said Tom Jacques, the director of Department of Transportation (DOT) compliance at Waste Management. Jacques is also the chairman of the board of directors for the Pennsylvania Motor Trucking Association.
Jacques, whose biography says he enlisted in the Army and joined the 3rd U.S. Infantry as an escort to the President, called the plan “wonderful.”
President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a White House event announcing the Freedom Haulers Initiative alongside Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
TRUMP TAPS VETERANS TO FIX ILLEGAL ALIEN TRUCKING PROBLEM PLAGUING US ROADWAYS
“It’s wonderful to get skilled workers who are disciplined [and] dedicated into an industry that requires discipline and dedication,” Jacques told Fox News Digital at the White House. “You don’t get behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer — 80,000 pounds — without understanding the need to be disciplined and to be safe. So it’s nice to have that, to tap into a large workforce as they transition out of the military and into the next career field.”
Under the initiative, qualified veterans with heavy-vehicle experience gained during military service can apply to waive the CDL road-skills test, allowing them to avoid duplicating training they received in the military.
Certain veterans in participating states — 34 of them so far — may also qualify for a waiver of the written knowledge test. Veterans without military truck-driving experience will be eligible for expedited training that administration officials said could be completed in several weeks.
Tom Jacques is an Army veteran, trucking executive and chairman of the board of directors for the Pennsylvania Motor Trucking Association.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
TRUMP PROMOTES FREEDOM HAULERS INITIATIVE TO FAST-TRACK MILITARY VETERANS INTO TRUCKING JOBS
“Data shows that truck drivers who are veterans account for 42% fewer accidents. Think of that, 42%,” Trump said at the event. “And that number, they say, is their very minimal number, even as they drive double the number of miles of non-veteran drivers.”
Jacques said the trucking industry is always in need of new drivers, and discussed the important role that truckers play in the everyday lives of Americans.
“If you take a look at the trucking industry, the behind the scenes, that’s what gets the commodities where they’re at,” he said.
He also noted that during COVID-19, when non-essential workers were furloughed and much of America worked from home, truckers didn’t have that option. Americans depended upon their work in order to have access to necessities, otherwise the country could have “shut down,” he said.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks as President Donald Trump listens during a White House event announcing the Freedom Haulers Initiative, which aims to expand trucking opportunities for military veterans.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
“There’s no shortage of positions for truck drivers,” said Jacques. “It’s an aging workforce. It’s something that people need to understand that we’ve got to be continually replenishing that workforce, and [it’s] a great opportunity getting our veterans … into a good, highly-paying job right out of the service. It’s going to be really nice to see more service members behind the wheel.”
OUT OF CONTROL, UNQUALIFIED ILLEGAL ALIEN TRUCKERS ENDANGERING KIDS ON US ROADS, INSIDER WARNS: ‘JUST MADNESS’
That truckers are paid well is a fact not lost on Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who also spoke at Wednesday’s event.
“These are great paying jobs. They’re anywhere from $80 to $100,000 plus a year,” he said. “And it’s important because you have men and women who drove big rigs in the military who would then get out and have to go through a months-long training for their skills and their knowledge test to drive this vehicle over here.”
The initiative has another component — getting illegal alien truck drivers off the roads.
Veterans, trucking industry representatives and administration officials attend a White House event announcing the Trump administration’s Freedom Haulers Initiative.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
“For many years, American highways and roadways have been terrorized by unqualified illegal aliens dangerously driving big rigs,” Trump said, pointing out that many illegal alien drivers can’t speak English or read the road signs. “You have to have a talent for it, and these people don’t have that. They’re driving big rigs, semi trucks and tractor trailers, all because radical left maniacs at the state level have issued them commercial driver’s licenses, even though they’re not entitled to have them.”
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
He said that last year alone, at least 30 Americans were killed at the hands of illegal alien truck drivers, and that 24,000 illegal aliens drivers have already been taken off the streets.
“So to end this, very simply, the radical left wants more jobs for illegal aliens and more migrants in 18-wheelers, Trump said. “And the Trump administration wants safer roads and more jobs for the American veteran.”
Fox News Digital’s Brittany Miller contributed to this report.
Peter D’Abrosca is a politics reporter at Fox News Digital.
发表回复