With the federal government in the midst of a major expansion of burial services for veterans, U.S. Rep. Dina Titus asked the Department of Veterans Affairs on Wednesday why Nevada remains one of only a handful of states without a national cemetery.
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Counselors and advocates for gamblers who struggle with their addictions are turning their attention to military veterans.
Legislation that seeks to expand and streamline benefits for military veterans returning to civilian life was introduced Tuesday in Congress.
WASHINGTON — The House on Monday passed a suite of bills to benefit military veterans, including several sponsored by Nevada lawmakers.
Relatively few paratroopers have jumped through an atomic bomb’s mushroom cloud and lived to tell about it. And 82-year-old Al Tseu from the 82nd Airborne Division not only did that, but his main chute malfunctioned on the jump.
A number of military personnel are turning to the surgical procedure to remove excess fat from around the waist so they can pass the Pentagon’s body fat test, which can determine their future prospects in the military.
A growing number of military parents want to end the age-old tradition of switching schools for their kids.
The continuing funding resolution that ended the government shutdown last week gave the Department of Veterans Affairs a bigger boost to resolve the VA’s backlog of disability claims, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday.
An Iraq war veteran’s towering SpongeBob SquarePants headstone has been removed from her final resting place because officials at the historic Cincinnati cemetery deemed it inappropriate for their traditional grounds.
Las Vegas won’t be Iraq or Afghanistan for Kevin Leduc, but it will give the Army veteran the opportunity to continue to serve his country.