【视频】交通部长 Duffy 在华盛顿国家广场发布「Freedom Haulers」进展：助退伍军人转行开卡车
华盛顿 — 美国交通部长 Sean P. Duffy 与联邦汽车运输安全管理局（FMCSA）局长 Derek D. Barrs 于 11 月 11 日退伍军人日在美国首都华盛顿的国家广场举行记者会，发布「Freedom Haulers」计划的最新进展；一名转行开卡车的退伍军人与多名货运业界领袖一同出席。记者会由交通部官方频道直播，全长约 24 分钟，现已转为回放。
「Freedom Haulers」是交通部今年 7 月牵头发起的跨部门计划，退伍军人事务部、战争部与劳工部共同参与，目标是帮助退伍军人在卡车运输业建立职业生涯，把有重型军用车辆驾驶经验的人与商用驾照（CDL）快速通道和货运岗位对接起来。
据 FMCSA 7 月公布的安排，有安全驾驶重型军车经验的退伍军人申请免考 CDL 技能考试的窗口期，由退役后一年延长至两年；「Even Exchange」安排下，符合条件者可同时免去笔试与路考，参与该安排的州增至 34 个；货运企业 Werner 承诺在 2027 年招聘 1,400 名退伍军人与军属。
交通部把这次国家广场活动列为该计划在退伍军人日的公开更新，活动资料集中发布在该计划的官方页面上。
资料引用：联邦汽车运输安全管理局
[Video] Secretary Duffy Gives a Veterans Day Update in Washington on Freedom Haulers, the Push to Put Veterans Behind the Wheel of Big Rigs
WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Administrator Derek D. Barrs held a press conference on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Veterans Day, November 11, to share an update on Freedom Haulers, joined by a veteran-turned-trucker and trucking industry leaders. The Department of Transportation streamed the event live on its official channel; the stream ran about 24 minutes and is now available as a replay.
Freedom Haulers is an interagency initiative launched by the Department of Transportation in July, with the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of War and the Department of Labor, to help veterans build careers in trucking by connecting those with heavy military vehicle experience to expedited commercial driver's license (CDL) pathways and trucking jobs.
Under measures the FMCSA announced in July, veterans with experience safely operating heavy military vehicles can apply to skip the CDL skills test for up to two years after leaving service, double the previous one-year window; under the Even Exchange arrangement, qualifying veterans can bypass both the written and driving exams, with participating states now at 34; and carrier Werner has pledged to hire 1,400 veterans and military spouses in 2027.
The department billed the National Mall event as the initiative's Veterans Day update, with program resources collected on the initiative's official pages.
Reference: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
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图片来源：图：美国交通部官方直播封面帧，画面为成排的卡车与交通部徽标，本次活动为2026年11月11日退伍军人日在华盛顿国家广场举行的「Freedom Haulers」更新记者会（封面帧底部直播标已裁去）。来源：美国交通部官方频道 / Photo: Cover frame from the U.S. Department of Transportation's official stream, trucks and the department seal for the November 11, 2026 Veterans Day Freedom Haulers update on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (live badge at the bottom of the cover frame cropped out). Source: U.S. Department of Transportation official channel
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