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SBL JOINS ARMY

Superior Bulk Logistics has become a corporate sponsor of the Army's Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS) Program in a signing ceremony at company headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois.

An inspired initiative of the U.S. Army Recruiting Command (USAREC), the PaYS personnel recruitment program impartially addresses the needs of its three categories of participants: young men and women who want free job training and assurance of a good civilian job after they leave the Army; companies who want high caliber employees already trained in a specific skill; and Army recruiters seeking additional enlistment incentives.

By partnering with America's business community and offering civilian employment opportunities to new recruits, the Army has created what appears to be a win-win-win situation. Upon enlisting, a soldier signs a Statement of Understanding with a specific company that employs the skills he or she is interested in acquiring. The Army then trains the recruit in these skills, in some cases offering a licensing, certification or accreditation program that relates to the civilian job. Six months prior to leaving the Army, the PaYS soldier coordinates transition to civilian life through the Army Career and Alumni Program (ACAP), and through the company he or she selected to work with upon enlistment. The result: soldiers land higher-paying civilian jobs than unskilled applicants, and employers gain professionally trained personnel, saving human resource recruitment dollars in the process.

SBL's involvement in PaYS began when Carry Transit VP of Operations Bill Kennedy attended a truck driver recruiting event in Dayton, Ohio. Through conversations with an Army rep in an adjacent booth, Kennedy learned about PaYS and how the Army trains tens of thousands of men and women in a wide range of industry skills - including truck driving, logistics management and tank truck maintenance. Several months and many conversations later, SBL agreed to become a corporate sponsor. In doing so, SBL joined such recognized organizational sponsors as Dell, EDS, John Deere, Goodyear, Midas, Sears, Roebuck and Company, Target Corporation, and state police departments nationwide.

The signing ceremony was attended by SBL Chairman and CEO R. T. Lewis, Superior Carriers President Bill O'Donnell, VP-Administration Bill Lavery, and Carry Transit VP of Operations Bill Kennedy. Representing the Army were Lt. Col. Patrick Healy, Commanding Officer of Army Recruiting for Chicago and Northern Illinois, and Denny Coll, Civilian Assistant to the Secretary of the Army.

SBL Chairman and CEO R. T. Lewis and Lt. Col Patrick Healy Official Signing of the PaYS Corporate Sponsorship Agreement

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