U.S. Sen. Dean Heller is backing an effort that would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to disclose to Congress the bonuses and awards that high-level VA directors get.
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The Pentagon announced Thursday that transgender people will be allowed to serve openly in the U.S. military, ending one of the last bans on service in the armed forces.
While one may survive military service, those hoping to find peace and comfort inside their newly civilian uniform may find it’s not an easy transition. To easily connect veterans with resources and services, the Veterans Transition Resource Center opened this month.
Military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder who might be startled by Fourth of July fireworks should put signs in their front yards asking neighbors to be considerate, a fireworks distributor says.
Nevada’s Department of Motor Vehicles began offering special license plates Monday to combat veterans who received Silver Star or Bronze Star medals for valor.
The stakes are high for Nevada as Congress irons out differences between the House and Senate versions of a defense bill as the threat of a veto by President Barack Obama still looms.
In the fast-track effort to reduce the nation’s backlog of veterans disability claims, Nevada Rep. Dina Titus predicted in August that the Department of Veterans Affairs would “soon be facing an appeals tsunami.”
Albert Gutierrez, 70, was among the veterans Tuesday night speaking in passionate support of the controversial program before the Henderson City Council.
Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., is leading the bipartisan effort with Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., to use high-tech human simulators instead of live animals that have been stabbed and shot for combat trauma training.
Robert M. Mullins, a decorated World War II soldier and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, will be buried Wednesday at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City.
A new local chapter of the National Korean War Veterans Association will hold its first meeting as a chartered, nonprofit at 11 a.m. on July 20 at Egg Works, 2025 Village Center Circle, in Las Vegas.
They look like miniature Reaper drones, but instead of laser-guided missiles and bombs under their wings, the Sandstorm drones will carry radiation detection sensors and optical imagery gear.
The $4.97 million grant will help fund the raising, realignment and cleaning of 14,864 grave markers at the cemetery in Boulder City.
Former Nevada Rep. Shelley Berkley received the inaugural Jonathan Abbinett Award from the nonprofit Nevada Democratic Veterans and Military Families Caucus during a ceremony Wednesday at the North Las Vegas Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Having exhausted his appeals in the VA’s administrative courts, Korean War vetern Pvt. Charles P. Mahoney, with the help of veterans advocate Phil Cushman, is preparing a complaint letter to be sent this week to Nevada’s U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden.
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