Transport America Announces Apprenticeship Program for Military Veterans and Holds Veteran's Day Recognition Event

EAGAN, Minn., Nov. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Transport America, a subsidiary of TransForce, Inc (TSX:TFI), was recently approved by the Department of Labor and the Veterans Administration to offer an Apprenticeship Program to military veterans. This program helps veterans transition from the military to the transportation industry. Military veterans who take advantage of Transport America's program will go through specific training over the course of one year which will prepare them to be a Driver Instructor and ultimately a Student Driver Instructor. As a benefit, these veterans will be able to take advantage of the GI Bill to get additional pay for their increased skill level.

As a leader in the transportation industry, Transport America currently employs over 2100 office, shop and driver employees.  In the last three months alone Transport America's percentage of employed military veterans has increased more than 7%. "Military veterans have been a key to Transport America's success for many years. At Transport America veterans can capitalize on the valuable skills developed during their military service and find a new place to build a long-term career.  We are proud to be a part of this program to support our veterans to help them reach their goals," said Keith Klein, President of Transport America.

On Friday, November 11^th, in celebration of Veteran's Day and to salute one of its military veterans, Transport America held an event where they surprised one of their veteran drivers with a custom military truck wrap. This well deserving driver has worked for Transport America since 1998, been a Student Driver Instructor for the last 2 years, has driven over 2 million miles accident free and won Driver of the Year in 2015. "Transport America is a great company to work for. I really appreciate the military wrap and recognition," said Robert Harp, military veteran and truck wrap recipient.

"We know that it's important to military personnel to transition to a company that shares their fundamental principles and noble character.  Our veterans tell us that our core values of Safety, Integrity & Respect, Creating Success with a Positive Culture and Passion for Excellence makes them feel like this is a place they can call home," said Keith Klein, President of Transport America.  "We are honored to have many military veterans as drivers, driver recruiters and leaders throughout our organization.  Our veterans make us better and their efforts support us as we continue to be The Trucking Company That's Changing Trucking." For more information on trucking careers, please visit www.changingtrucking.com.

Visit Transport America's Facebook page to watch a recording of the live event.

About Transport America
Transport America, a subsidiary of TransForce, Inc. (TSX: TFI), is a leading provider of truckload transportation and logistics services throughout much of the US, Mexico and Canada.  Transport America has been in business since 1984 and is headquartered in Eagan, MN.  The company's broad portfolio of services, which includes Solo and Team over-the-road, Dedicated, Regional, Intermodal and Brokerage, executed by talented professionals with state-of-the-art technology, caters to Fortune 1000 shippers who value Transport America's customer service focus. For more information, please visit www.transportamerica.com.

About TransForce, Inc.
TransForce Inc. is a North American leader in the transportation and logistics industry, operating across Canada and the United States through its subsidiaries. TransForce creates value for shareholders by identifying strategic acquisitions and managing a growing network of wholly-owned operating subsidiaries. Under the TransForce umbrella, companies benefit from financial and operational resources to build their businesses and increase their efficiency. TransForce companies service the following segments:
1. Package and Courier;
2. Less-Than-Truckload;
3. Truckload;
4. Logistics.
TransForce Inc. is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: TFI) and the OTCQX marketplace in the U.S. (OTCQX: TFIFF).
For more information, visit http://www.transforcecompany.com.

For further information: 
Transport America
Nick Kreyer
Director of Marketing
(651) 604-8788
[email protected]

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