Gregory Chovanec

[Gregory Chovanec @ChovanecGregory]

@more_sneakers Are these coming to the U.S.?

[Gregory Chovanec @ChovanecGregory]

@SneakerNews Has the shoe with the white stripes been released?

[Gregory Chovanec @ChovanecGregory]

@kicksonfire Any idea where these are available?

[Gregory Chovanec @ChovanecGregory]

@alexfeinberg The difference is the genetics of the cattle. In the U.S., cattlemen have selected heavily for more marbling and thus more flavor. Prime grade beef is more common than it used to be.

[Ryan Brauninger @R_Brauninger]

The 2024 Texas A&M baseball team was the best in school history - regardless of sport.

It wasn’t just their noticeable and often overwhelming talent either. It was all that combined with their grit, toughness, and camaraderie that gave the #12thMan a season full of memories.

[Gregory Chovanec @ChovanecGregory]

@AJA_Cortes Bro

[Gregory Chovanec @ChovanecGregory]

In times of success and challenge, it’s the people of J.B. Hunt who have driven change for our company and industry. Read more about J.B. Hunt’s focus on people and how that helps us build stronger, together! https://t.co/gxH0chp7oW

[Gregory Chovanec @ChovanecGregory]

If rising insurance costs are a concern for your fleet, then consider working with the J.B. Hunt Dedicated Contract Services team. We can provide stability for your fleet, while reducing the worry you have about increased premiums. Learn more on the blog! https://t.co/GdOcYvOw0o

[Gregory Chovanec @ChovanecGregory]

J.B. Hunt has been recognized by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for 2023! It’s great to work at a company that is focused on people and creating an inclusive environment for everyone. https://t.co/InEqfpxQFK

[Gregory Chovanec @ChovanecGregory]

J.B. Hunt’s mission is to create the most efficient transportation network in North America. Why is that an important goal? Because it addresses the fragmentation that exists in #SupplyChain. https://t.co/7kr8YmoaJe

[Gregory Chovanec @ChovanecGregory]

Why should you work with J.B. Hunt? We have a variety of shipment services and can provide an end-to-end solution for any transportation need. Learn more about how we work with Pure Fishing at https://t.co/a0wdVKifO3. #Logistics #Freight #SupplyChain https://t.co/aRv2KaitUa

[Gregory Chovanec @ChovanecGregory]

Amazing story. Worth a few minutes of your time.

[Traces of Texas @TracesofTexas]

My argument as to why Cabeza de Vaca was the toughest man who ever lived is irrefutable. 😃

Consider:

1) In June 1527, at the age of 40, Cabeza de Vaca left Spain for the Caribbean as second-in-command of a group of five ships with six hundred sailors. His captain was a man named Narvaez.

2) They overwintered 1527-1528 on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. While there, they suffered a devastating hurricane on Cuba and the desertion of 140 or so men who "went native."

3) After refitting following the hurricane, in April, 1528 five ships and 400 men sailed from Cuba to the western coast of Florida, near what is now Tampa.

4) Narvaez then decided to send 300 men, himself and Cabeza de Vaca among them, inland to find gold and a site for settlement. The ships were to go ahead and meet them at another point on the coast. This was a huge mistake. The ships got hopelessly separated from the men inland, who were now on their own.

5) The inland men reached Northwestern Florida in mid-June and camped for three months, facing food shortages and unfriendly Indians.

6) They returned to the Florida coast and now, driven by desperation, they built five boats of rough-sawn timber caulked with pine resin, made sails from their own clothes, and slaughtered their horses, whose hides covered the boats and hair made rigging for the sails.

7) Leaving Florida in September 1528, five boats and 250 men attempted to sail along the Gulf Coast west to Mexico. Things were okay for awhile but then storms separated the five boats (of course) and two of them were swept up onto a small island just west of Galveston Island (most likely, that is ... this is not known for sure). One of these two boats had Cabeza de Vaca on it.

They were soon found by Karankawas who turned out to be friendly and who gave them food and water. By this time, all of the men were very nearly dead. But Cabeza de Vaca and his men got healthy and decided to launch the boat again. It capsized and three men drowned. The survivors washed up on the beach as naked as the day they were born and presented such a pitiful sight that the Karankawas cried with them for half an hour.

9) The two groups of survivors found each other on the island and chose the four strongest men to walk westward along the coast to Mexico to send help. The men disappeared forever, of course, and no help ever came.

10) Cabeza de Vaca survived the winter of 1528-1529 but in the spring he went onto the Texas mainland and became so sick that, believing him to be very near death, all but two of his companions left him, deciding to travel south and west down the coast towards Mexico.

11) After they left, amazingly, Cabeza De Vaca recovered. He spent the next four years with his two remaining Spanish companions, using the island as his home base.

12) During these four years, Cabeza de Vaca was a merchant, a doctor, and a slave. The Karankawas demanded that he treat their sick. For almost a year he was forced to live with other Indians, who treated him like a slave. Later he escaped and lived the life of a trader, trading coastal products like shells and snails for hides, red ocher, flint etc...

13) In late 1532 one of his Spanish companions died. He convinced the other that they needed to walk to Mexico. Traveling westward, they met some Indians who told them of a group of three other men like them who were being held as slaves by another tribe. To show what was happening to the men, the Indians slapped and beat Cabeza de Vaca and his companion. This frightened his companion so badly that he returned to the Galveston area and disappeared forever.

14) So now Cabeza De Vaca was on his own. A few days later, he found the three other men: Maldonado, Carranza, and Estevancio. They escaped their captors and, together, these four men would continue their adventure FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.

15) They were then captured and made slaves by the Coahuiltecan Indians. They immediately planned an escape but were unable to do it for about two years.

16) Finally, in September 1534, they did escape and headed South. Nobody knows exactly where they went, but it appears that they walked through the desert for about 2000 MILES. They probably walked through South Texas to Monterrey, Mexico, then to the northwest back into Texas across the Rio Grande south of El Paso near Presidio, and finally West across the Rio Grande to the outpost of Culiacan near the Pacific Ocean.

17) They walked into Culican early in 1536, 8.5 years after Cabeza De Vaca had left Spain, having traveled two thousand miles in less than two years, killing whatever they could more or less with their bare hands, eating desert plants etc...

18) Cabeza de Vaca reached Mexico City in July, 1536 and sailed back to Spain.

18) In 1542, Cabeza de Vaca published a book about his adventures. It was the first book to describe Texas: the Indians, the Trans-Pecos, bison (Cabeza was the first European to see one) etc....

Now, any questions as to whom the toughest man who ever lived was?

Later I was contemplating our lives today and how cushy we have it and how we have to have all of this gear and specialized crap to get out into nature and that even then we are scared to really rough it and, basically, what a big bunch of wussies we've all become.

Can you imagine how Cabeza De Vaca must have felt after his boat capsized and he washed up onto the beach at Galveston for the second time? He was thousands of miles from home, in a place he had no knowledge of, without clothing. It was early November and getting cold, he had no ship to get back on, and he had no knowledge, other than a very vague sense of which direction to walk, of where to go to get out of his predicament. He was 40 years old and had no actionable linguistic skills. He could either live or die.

He lived.

[Gregory Chovanec @ChovanecGregory]

For the 11th consecutive year, J.B. Hunt has been named to the Fortune 500 list! Our mission is to create the most efficient transportation network in North America, and we’re doing that by focusing on our foundations – people, technology and capacity. https://t.co/nZN4vAOMOn

[Gregory Chovanec @ChovanecGregory]

Million Mile at J.B. Hunt is such an amazing way to celebrate drivers. There’s nothing like seeing everyone cheer and high five during the Walk of Fame, and seeing each driver get their award is truly special! #MillionMile #JBHMM #MM2023 https://t.co/DQo71Co7hd

[Gregory Chovanec @ChovanecGregory]

During the 2023 #MillionMile celebration, J.B. Hunt recognized 84 drivers for safely driving 2, 3, 4 or 5 million miles! This celebration is so much fun and is a wonderful way to honor the drivers for their continued dedication to safety. #JBHMM #MM2023 https://t.co/8SvH0oygld

[Gregory Chovanec @ChovanecGregory]

J.B. Hunt is always looking for new ways to improve #Sustainability within our fleets, so it was exciting to see this Nikola truck on display at our corporate campus. It’s great to know that the company is constantly exploring new opportunities in this space!

[Gregory Chovanec @ChovanecGregory]

When Mr. Hunt founded our company, he knew it was important to prioritize people. Six decades later, more than 37,000 people make up the J.B. Hunt team. Check out this blog to learn more about J.B. Hunt’s culture of putting people first. https://t.co/PemfpFmPCZ

[Gregory Chovanec @ChovanecGregory]

At J.B. Hunt there is nothing better than being able to celebrate our drivers! Take a look back with us at Chuck’s monumental five-million-mile moment. https://t.co/mDLST4hEOD

[Gregory Chovanec @ChovanecGregory]

#JBHuntDriver, Chuck, has been part of our team for over 34 years, and during that time, he has made his mark. He is our third driver to reach five million miles, earning himself over $125,000 in safety bonuses. Read more about Chuck's journey: https://t.co/hCguvb2rWe

[Gregory Chovanec @ChovanecGregory]

Are you ready to work with a #Logistics provider that can deliver flexibility, efficiency and customization to your #SupplyChain? See how the J.B. Hunt Final Mile Services solutions can bring value to your first, middle and last miles! https://t.co/yLkRhy57Jj