Navistar CEO Dan Ustian recently announced that the company will pay for the public's admission to the upcoming Navistar LPGA Classic in Prattsville, Ala., while soliciting donations to the Wounded Warrior Project, which helps injured veterans adjust to life back home. WSFA-TV 12, Montgomery, Ala.,had the story, which quotes from Ustian: .

"Help our troops, help kids find jobs and deal with some of the injuries they had when they were in Iraq or Afghanistan," Ustian said....Navistar makes commercial trucks and has a huge stake in the military, especially the Wounded Warrior Project. "It's our small way of giving back to the community and say, come on and watch these gals play, and do it on us." The hope is the real winner of the tournament will be the Wounded Warriors. For every dollar that's donated, 81 cents goes to the project.

Earlier this month, Mike McCallister, chairman and CEO of Humana, joined President Obama at the Washington Navy Yard as Mr. Obama urged U.S. companies to hire or train an additional 100,000 veterans. McCallister announced Humana's goal of hiring 1,000 veterans while also contributing $1 million over the next two years to a veteran-focused entrepreneurship program. The company will also create health plans and financial protection products designed for veterans. From Humana's news release, "Humana to Launch Far-Reaching National Initiative in Support of U.S. Military Veterans":

"Through our ongoing work at Humana Military and at Humana Veterans Healthcare Services, Humana enjoys a longstanding relationship with active-duty and retired U.S. military men and women,” McCallister said. “We’ve also been fortunate to hire many veterans whose professionalism and skill place them among the most outstanding associates working for Humana today. So the creation of this Veterans Initiative is a natural next step for Humana.”

Humana was just one of many major, BRT-affiliated companies to pledge support for the veterans-hiring program. The White House fact sheet for the Aug. 5 event identified others who are stepping up for veterans:

• Microsoft will offer 10,000 technology training and certification packages to U.S. military veterans over a two year period, through a partnership with the Department of Labor. The technology training and certification will be available at intermediate and advanced levels and will be delivered through e-learning, with additional in person support. This partnership is an extension of the overall Microsoft Elevate America veterans initiative, which demonstrates a total investment of $12 million cash, product and related support for U.S. veterans.
• Siemens pledged to fill 10 percent of their 3,000 open positions with veterans earlier this year.  Having exceeded that goal, Siemens has increased their commitment by an additional 50 percent.  More than 450 veterans will have a new job at Siemens by the end of the year.
• Honeywell is expanding its ongoing recruitment efforts to include a target job placement goal of at least 500 veterans in 2011 across the company’s four businesses.
• JP Morgan Chase has developed and is executing a holistic veteran's strategy.  Two key elements include a commitment of $7.5 million to provide seed funding for the creation and launch of a “first-of-its-kind” Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University as well as the 100,000 Jobs Mission.  The 100,000 Jobs Mission was launched in March with the goal of hiring 100,000 transitioning service members and military veterans by 2020. 11 corporations have joined this mission and collectively hired more than 1,300 transitioning service members and veterans through June 30th. 
• AT&T is launching two new online resources: a custom military skills translator, which will enable servicemen and women to use their current Military Occupation Code or Military Occupation Specialty to find corresponding civilian career opportunities at AT&T, and the Careers4Vets program which connects interested veterans with mentors within AT&T. These new platforms will support AT&T’s ongoing veteran initiatives, including supplier diversity initiatives like Operation Hand Salute, a mentoring program that is designed to help disabled veteran businesses develop the tools and expertise to win large corporate contracts.
• Accenture’s Skills to Succeed program will equip 250,000 people, including veterans, around the world by 2015 with the skills to get a job or build a business.  As part of their efforts, Accenture is one of several companies underwriting NPower’s Technology Services Corp and will work with the non-profit to expand IT training, professional skills and mentoring, internships, and job placement for servicemembers and veterans. 
• Walmart has previously committed $1 million to support the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans program developed at Syracuse University and involving business schools across the United States.  Building on this commitment, Walmart is now providing a $180,000 grant to V-WISE, which offers training and mentoring in business development, operations and the challenges facing women transitioning from military service to the private sector.‪ Walmart will also contribute $100,000 to support the US Chamber’s work in hosting more than 100 job fairs for veterans in cities and towns across the United States.‪‪ Walmart has also agreed to be the founding member of the US Chamber National Veterans Advisory Council, which will pull together 25 corporate members committed to hiring veterans and creating best practices for veterans employment.
• Hewlett Packard is expanding on its original $50,000 commitment to the American Corporate Partners (ACP), a nationwide mentoring program dedicated to helping veterans transition from the armed services to the civilian workforce through mentoring, career counseling, and networking during a yearlong mentorship.   As a participating institution, HP has helped recruit executives, employees and retirees to be mentors in this program and is now expanding its mentoring program to California.

President Obama's remarks from the Aug. 5 event are here.