The Nevada Army National Guard broke ground Saturday on a memorial for five members of a Chinook helicopter crew who were shot down in Afghanistan.
The memorial will be ready for dedication Sept. 25, five years after the death of Chief Warrant Officer John M. Flynn of Sparks and his flight engineer, Staff Sgt. Patrick D. Stewart of Fernley.
Three soldiers from the Oregon Army National Guard also died aboard the helicopter .
He was awarded the Silver Star for repeatedly plunging into the sea and carrying critically wounded soldiers to relative safety, saving them from drowning.
A military appreciation event was put on by USAA and the Las Vegas Raiders.
Henderson’s Peter Palivos was honored with the U.S. Army’s top civilian award for decades of service supporting veterans and local military families.
Donald Trump on Thursday accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers — all veterans of the armed services and intelligence community — called on U.S. military members to uphold the Constitution and defy “illegal orders.”
The number of major accidents involving military aircraft spiked in 2024, internal Pentagon figures show, and a series of high-profile aviation mishaps with deaths and the loss of aircraft in 2025 suggest the disturbing trend may be continuing.
The memorial will include an open-air promenade, an amphitheater, and educational materials that will honor more than 200,000 veterans in the state.
The event at South 4th Street and East Garces Avenue included color guard performances, military vehicle motocades, and trailer floats with people dressed as founding fathers.
Jan Millholland seeks posthumous recognition for her late husband Paul, whose Army service records were lost in a 1973 military archives fire.
According to Veterans Action Group, the annual downtown Las Vegas parade will start at 4th Street and Garces Avenue at 10 a.m. and end at 4th Street and Stewart Avenue.
New tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday.
