In this Veterans Day 2021 special edition of Overdrive Radio, we sat down with active-duty servicemember and small fleet owner Rob Ahlers, currently serving under the Chief of Logistics for the Pentagon out of D.C. With two military vets as partners, Ahlers launched the private MSR Transport Services with an intention to help fellow vets transition to civilian careers in trucking, and since the start in 2014 MSR's up to more than 30 power units, some owner-operated, hauling mostly expedited and Department of Defense freight with the fleet.

MSR is the latest recipient of Daimler Trucks' Cleveland, North Carolina plant's Ride of Pride series of patriotically decorated rigs, a 2022 Western Star 5700 XE pictured in the thumbnail with this podcast -- find more pictures from MSR via the post that houses this podcast: https://www.overdriveonline.com/15281342

What's Veterans Day mean to you? For Ahlers, in part it’s opportunity to continue to provide gainful employment to a bevy of military vets hauling for the company.

Hear much more about Ahlers and company’s bedrock business here, but also his reflections on the bedrock importance of Veterans Day.

The 2014 story about MSR just as Ahlers was getting started: https://www.overdriveonline.com/channel-19/article/14887370/more-from-former-driver-military-logistics-pro-on-small-fleet-for-driving-vets

As mentioned in the podcast, here's former servicemember and owner-operator W. Joel Baker's recollection on how military service led him to trucking: https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-extra/article/15281175/how-trucking-changed-this-military-veterans-life