Averitt Salutes You

So my name is Paul Bratcher. I'm out of Clarksville, Tennessee, and I started with Averitt in January twenty nineteen. Out of twenty six years in the military, sir, I spent nineteen of those years at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, nine combat deployments. I retired in March first of, twenty nineteen. I started working for Averitt in January of twenty nineteen. Prior to my retirement, the army offers a program through, Johnsonville Community College. They offer a CDL program where while you are still on active duty, you're allowed to attend, that school for two months. And it's completely paid for, plus you're still earning your salary in the military. Once that was done, I started with my with the military policy transition leave, and that's how I came to Averitt in January while I was still active duty. When I came to Averitt is when I also, used GI Bill, for the next twelve months of my transition to the civilian sector, and it's been it's been a really good experience ever since. I wanted to be a truck driver since I saw the movie Over the Top with Sylvester Stallone. That was like, I wanna be a truck driver. I tell you, I defended this country long enough, and I think I deserve the right to to see it. And Averitt helps me do that, and and I really love Averitt for it. The biggest thing that made me go to Averitt was the sense of professionalism that was there. None of the other companies that I even talked to or considered had the level of professionalism that Averitt had, and that was a defining, moment that I knew I was gonna work for Averitt for a long time. The thing about Averitt is nobody stands in front of you. They all stand beside you, and they always got your back. And that's what I really love about A rated, and that's where I see my future with A rated in a long time.

My name is Dan Mason, I'm a front line leader  here in Dallas service center, I started in 2015. And with Averitt Express I'm able to come  in do my job and as far as the military goes   the military is very much you know disciplined.  You do the right thing, the right way, no matter   who's looking, what's going on, it doesn't matter. And with Averitt, I got a lot of   that combined with the family aspect of it.  Everyone here acts like they're your family. Averitt fully supports me being in the  military and even now that I'm out they   fully support us as far as every I get to wear  a veteran on my side and I'm very proud of that.   One main area that I really like, we have a  program Averitt Cares for Kids that can actually   reach out into the community and lay a hand  on someone's heart and lay a hand on someone's   life. That's life-changing for many people.  What I like about my career here at Averitt   is the fact that there is  almost limitless mobility.   There's always going to be job openings available  within the company and the company is very much   let's look inside first and see if there's any opportunity. Averitt promotes from within   I mean they're stories over and over again about  people who've come on board as a part-time doc   associate and they thought this was just going to be their temp job. They thought you know what   we're coming into Christmas time I want a little  bit extra money. 16 years later here they are as    a driver coming in seeing me every night. Hey, man 16  years ago I would never dream and provides a good   life a good career choice for their family and  they have something they're proud of every day.