Operation Homefront, a nationwide volunteer charity, handed out 300 holiday meal kits to military families and wounded warriors Wednesday at VFW Post 10047.
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As federal and local officials prepared to celebrate the Las Vegas valley having enough resources to house every homeless veteran, a woman struggled to find permanent housing for her brother — a Vietnam War veteran — on Tuesday.
An airman and two other people were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday in the alleged theft and illegal sale of military ammunition and equipment from Nellis Air Force Base.
Marina Vance and the Blue Star Mothers of Henderson and Boulder City hustled to get stocking stuffers ready Monday to send to troops who will be overseas for the holidays.
Dozens of retired U.S. military officers who belong to the Southern Nevada Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America held their 50th anniversary dinner at Palace Station on Nov. 20.
In a moment of solidarity, there was a moment of silence. That’s what Thomas Leslie, UNLV’s director of wind band studies, asked for as he took the stage for The President’s Concert, an event that both celebrated the university’s wind orchestra and honored Las Vegas recipients of the French Legion of Honor.
MGM Resorts International honored more than 70 wounded warriors on Friday. Veterans who suffered disabilities from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were center stage as hundreds of employees lined a hallway at The Mirage to salute their arrival for a weekend of “high roller” treatment.
The crowd cheered Wednesday as a pair of ladder trucks raised a U.S. garrison flag high into a cloudless sky over Carson Avenue where it crosses Fourth Street.
Americo Benetti never thought he’d live to see another Veterans Day, or Armistice Day as it was called when he served in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
From free admission at national parks to a car show and barbecue at the VA Medical Center in North Las Vegas, the country and the community are showing their appreciation this week for those who served in the U.S. military.
Billed as “the largest veterans parade west of the Mississippi,” the annual event will kick off Wednesday in downtown Las Vegas, followed by a groundbreaking ceremony for a long-sought veterans memorial in front of the Sawyer Building.
Beneath a cloudy grey sky, bronze headstones stood out from the green grass at Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Along the rows of graves, 39 Southern Nevada veterans walked solemnly, their heads hung low.
It was just a coincidence — but a fitting one — that a Nevada Army National Guard unit came home from its first deployment to Iraq on Nevada Day in 2005.
Six veterans who completed a treatment and community service program celebrated Thursday during a Henderson Municipal Veterans Court graduation ceremony in Judge Mark Stevens’ courtroom.
Two directors from Veterans Affairs offices in the West will be available Monday at a town hall meeting in North Las Vegas for veterans to air their concerns regarding health care and disability claims issues.
