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New VA center’s emergency room already being expanded in North Las Vegas

Less than 1½ years after the Department of Veterans Affairs opened its $1 billion VA Medical Center in North Las Vegas, earthmovers have begun churning the site again to expand the hospital’s emergency room because the existing one is inadequate.

Titus: Management shake-up likely in Reno VA office

A management shake-up is in the works at the troubled Reno benefits office of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Rep. Dina Titus said Thursday after meeting with the head of the VA.

Nellis Airman charged with murder in death of 3-month-old son

Staff Sgt. Andrew Leach faces one felony count each of murder and child abuse, neglect or endangerment with substantial bodily harm for injuries his son Aiden Leach suffered on Feb. 1, court documents said.

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Cold War memorial under construction on Mount Charleston

With each step Steve Ririe takes through the Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway construction site he comes closer to the finish line of a journey that began 15 years ago — a memorial to Cold War heroes.

 
Soldier’s ‘FUN in funeral’ photo outrages military community

The Wisconsin National Guard announced Tuesday that it had suspended a member from honor guard duties after she apparently posted to social media a photograph of soldiers mugging around an empty, flag-draped casket.

Baby at center of Nellis Airman abuse case dies

Staff Sgt. Andrew Leach of the 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron was facing one felony count of child abuse, neglect or endangerment with substantial bodily harm for injuries his son Aiden Leach suffered on Feb. 1, court documents said.

 
Air Force shows off a big, black, brawny B-2 after Red Flag exercises at Nellis

After a rip-roaring Red Flag air combat exercise at Nellis Air Force Base last week, big, black, bat-shaped B-2 Spirit jets returned to Missouri, taking with them the lessons learned from flying mock war sorties with a mix of 100 U.S. and foreign warplanes.

Nevada guardsmen come home

It was a joyous homecoming here Sunday when 13 members of the Nevada Army National Guard C Company returned to family, friends and comrades after a 10-month deployment in Afghanistan.

Military nears holy grail: Pizza that lasts 3 years

They call it the holy grail of ready-to-eat meals for soldiers: a pizza that can stay on the shelf for as long as three years and still remain good to eat.

PHOTOS: Link in Team’s Chain

Teams of airmen from the engineers’ unit at Nellis Air Force Base, the 820th Red Horse Squadron, competed Thursday in the Warrior Challenge.

Contractor from Las Vegas killed in Afghanistan bombing

His family says a man who had recently been living in Las Vegas was one of two civilian contractors killed Monday by a suicide car bomb in Kabul, Afghanistan.

PHOTOS: The Art of Refueling at Altitude

Review-Journal photographer John Locher documents the experience of refueling military aircraft in flight over the Nevada Test and Training Range.