Trucking with the Troops Grant

Financial Support to Earn Your Class A CDL

The Trucking with the Troops grant program provides financial assistance to veterans and active service members from all U.S. Armed Forces branches—including the National Guard and Reserves—and their spouses and children pursuing a Class A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).

The grant covers tuition and program fees, including:

  • Commercial Learner’s Permit
  • DOT physical
  • DOT drug test
  • Commercial Driver’s License

Training funds are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.

Additional financial assistance options like GAP Tuition Assistance and federal grants are also available. Our team works with you to explore your options.

6-Week Program Class A Commercial Driver's License

With a Class A CDL you'll be able to drive semis and other large commercial vehicles. Gain the knowledge, skills and experience needed for a successful career in the trucking industry.

Accelerate Your Career

Get Started with Trucking with the Troops

Our mission is to help you—whether you're a service member, veteran, or a military family member—earn your CDL, start your career in transportation, and be part of the solution to the driver shortage.

Connect with a Trucking with the Troops staff member today! We're here to answer your questions and guide you through the next steps in the program.

Hawkeye Community College gives public notice of its policy to uphold and assure full compliance with the non-discrimination requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related Nondiscrimination authorities. Title VI and related Nondiscrimination authorities stipulate that no person in the United States of America shall on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, income level or Limited English Proficiency be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

Any person who desires more information regarding Hawkeye Community College’s Title VI Program can contact its Title VI Coordinator, Susan Hauber, at the address noted below.

Any person who believes they have, individually or as a member of any specific class of persons, been subjected to discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, income level or Limited English Proficiency has the right to file a formal complaint. Any such complaint must be in writing and submitted within 180 days following the date of the alleged occurrence to:

Human Resources Executive Director—Susan Hauber, Title VI Program Coordinator
Hawkeye Community College
PO Box 8015
Waterloo, IA 50704-8015
319-296-4448 or 800-670-4769 ext. 4448
equity-titleIX@hawkeyecollege.edu

This material is based upon work supported by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under a grant/cooperative agreement, dated September 2024.

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not
necessarily reflect the view of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and/or the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Program Contacts

Regional Transportation Training Center

319-296-4286
Email the Regional Transportation Training Center

6433 Hammond Avenue
Waterloo, IA 50701

Map and Directions

Note: The Hammond Avenue Bridge over Sink Creek, south of Orange Road is closed. Please use an alternate route.

Program Coordinator

Celeste Turner
319-296-4286
Email the Transportation Manager

Pathway Navigator

Michele Clark
319-296-4296 ext.3108
Email Michele Clark

Business and Community Education Registration

319-296-4290
Email to Register