Mixed-martial artist Shane Kruchten was down on the mat in Las Vegas on Saturday night but not out of his fight for life — and his fallen Marine comrades were there with him, their names tattooed on his back.
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Despite patient complaints about the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in North Las Vegas, Nevada’s U.S. senators on Tuesday attributed problems to “growing pains” and said they are not ready to join the criticism.
A civilian approaching a Navy destroyer at the world’s largest naval base late at night took a weapon from a sailor who was standing watch and used it to shoot and kill another sailor who was trying to help his embattled colleague, Navy officials said Tuesday.
Some volunteers at the new Veterans Affairs Medical Center in North Las Vegas are upset with the VA staff member in charge of volunteer services.
Willie McTear, of Las Vegas, is one of Charlie Company’s survivors featured in a two-hour documentary that premieres Wednesday on the National Geographic Channel. Titled, “Brothers in War,” it is narrated by Charlie Sheen and based on the book, “The Boys of ’67: Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam.”
Thousands of American flags line the streets in a tiny central Illinois village where residents are preparing to bid a final farewell to a U.S. Marine killed during a fighter jet crash in Nevada.
With their sights set on reforming the Department of Veterans Affairs, leaders of a nonprofit veterans advocacy group came to Las Vegas Thursday night to launch the first of more than a dozen policy forums for their state chapters.
A Review-Journalist photographer was detained Thursday morning by Veterans Affairs police during an investigation of a body found in the VA Medical Center parking lot.
On Tuesday, 24 mostly ethnic or minority U.S. soldiers who performed bravely under fire in three of the nation’s wars finally received the Medal of Honor that the government concluded should have been awarded a long time ago.
Angeline Clark and women of the 1st Cavalry Association Auxiliary in Southern Nevada had hoped their holiday cards would help bedridden soldiers at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center “have a blessed Christmas,” but their cards saying “Guide Us To Your Glorious Light” were returned.
Flaws in Nevada’s mental health system played a central role on Friday as a federal civil rights panel investigated the “dumping” of patients from psychiatric hospitals.
The Department of Veterans Affairs realized that the emergency room of its $585 million hospital in North Las Vegas would be too small but decided to finish the project and go back and fix it later, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki told Congress on Thursday.
About 400 airmen from Nellis and Creech Air Force bases have signed up for voluntary separations to help meet the Pentagon’s downsizing goals for a leaner and more efficient military as U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan end this year, the Nellis base commander said Tuesday.
As a reconnaissance Marine sergeant four years ago in Afghanistan, Russell Cameron’s mission focused on disrupting enemy forces and destroying enemy threats. Now as a UNLV senior and one of the few Army ROTC cadets chosen to receive a George C. Marshall leadership award, Cameron’s goals are to learn how to combat cyber security threats and get a grasp on future military projections for Asia, particularly China.
A bill that aims to streamline veterans claims was proposed in Congress on Thursday by senators who said the government has failed to uphold its duty to disabled service members for the past 20 years.
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