Willis Avery, one of the last of a few remaining local Pearl Harbor veterans, was remembered at a funeral service 10:40 a.m. Friday at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City.
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The USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, will be closed to visitors until at least June 4 after a dock to the memorial that sits atop the sunken battleship was damaged in an accident Wednesday, the National Park Service says.
About 30 soldiers from the Nevada Army National Guard’s most-deployed unit mobilized Thursday in a ceremony in Las Vegas.
The Department of Veterans Affairs took another step toward changing the agency’s culture Thursday with a forum to heighten awareness about Nevada’s more than 21,300 women veterans and health care services the VA provides to fit their needs.
The Pentagon said on Wednesday that a suspected live sample of anthrax was sent to a U.S. base in South Korea, in addition to the samples mistakenly sent to nine U.S. states.
Tech. Sgt. Kasey Hollinger, a noncommissioned officer at Creech Air Force Base, figured out a way to do more with less and save the Air Force nearly $100,000.
A chemical explosive equal to 196 pounds of TNT detonated deep underground sent seismic signals detected by sensitive equipment on and off the former Nevada Test Site.
Memorial Day, a federal holiday on the last Monday of May, is a holiday for remembering the war dead. For many, the holiday also signifies the beginning of summer, where millions of people in the nation travel, go shopping and barbecue.
Rick Mills and Michael Rosaia haven’t just honored their grandfather’s Marine Corps service by remembering him. On the 100th anniversary of the bravery that won him a Medal of Honor, they went to China to stand in his footsteps.
Southern Nevada’s military honor guards can be seen at a variety of events around town. But their most somber — and, members say, most fulfilling — duty lies in offering final goodbyes to veterans.