The Silent Heroes of the Cold War National Memorial held its first Memorial Day ceremony at the Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway, not far from the mountain where 14 died.
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Before Memorial Day last year, Janna Hoehn of Maui needed to find the last 19 of Nevada’s 149 fallen Vietnam War service members to help the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund complete its “Faces Never Forgotten” project.
With a thunderous flyover by a pair of fighter jets and applause from 2,000 veterans and families, Gov. Brian Sandoval dedicated the long-awaited Nevada Veterans Memorial on Friday, saying, “This will be the gathering place for the ages.”
Attorney General Adam Laxalt was at Texas Station Monday morning with about 10 local attorneys, helping military veterans and active members through civil matters.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald said Monday that the VA should not use wait times as a measure of success, comparing waits for VA health care to the hours people wait for rides at Disney theme parks.
On Monday, the state attorney general’s office of military legal assistance will host a free workshop that pairs Nevada veterans with local lawyers to help sort through civil matters and assist with legal documents.
With Memorial Day approaching, Chere’ Pedersen of Blue Star Mothers of Henderson and Boulder City thought a makeover of the Gold Star mother Marina Vance’s home was long overdue. Vance’s son “Nacho” — Spc. Ignacio Ramirez — was killed a decade ago while serving in Iraq.
A detachment from the Nevada Army National Guard’s most-deployed unit, the 72nd Military Police Company, has returned, this time from Afghanistan, where it maintained security in a dangerous part of Kabul for U.S. military leaders and its coalition partners.
Errors by pilots caused two F-16C Fighting Falcon jets to collide on a runway at Nellis Air Force Base after landing for a Red Flag air combat exercise orientation flight in August, Air Combat Command officials said Monday.
Community members gathered Saturday morning at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery for the 24th Annual Unserviceable Flag Retirement Ceremony.