CARSON CITY -- A 20-year-old soldier from Fernley has been killed in Iraq.
Thomas Lyons died Tuesday when his convoy was hit by a rocket attack, relatives said.
Lyons was a military police officer stationed at Fort Richardson, Alaska.
His wife, Delvin, an active-duty soldier also stationed there, gave birth to the couple's first son in May.
His mother and stepfather, Jeanna and John Flint, live in Fernley.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
An official said the threat came from a computer belonging to a former midshipman who was later confirmed to be in another part of the country.
The Sylvanus Thayer Award award is named for an early superintendent of the military academy who is known as the “Father of West Point.” It has been given out every year since 1958.
Onofrio “No-No” Zicari, a Purple Heart recipient who was only 21 when he took part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II, has died.
Henderson officials are accepting applications for local military veterans to be added to a memorial in time for the city’s annual Veterans Day ceremony in November.
Gen. David Allvin joins other top military officials who have stepped down or been fired by Trump’s Republican administration during a broader leadership upheaval
Pastor Doug Wilson leads the network’s flagship location. Wilson is no stranger to stirring controversy with his church’s hard-line theology and its embrace of patriarchy and Christian nationalism.
The man who oversees the nation’s military reposted a video about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer be allowed to vote.
The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits. One Air Force sergeant said he was “betrayed and devastated” by the move.
This latest act of violence on a U.S. military installation again raised concerns about safety and security within the armed forces’ own walls.
Nevada’s Senators Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto were the lone Democrats to vote to confirm Brown.
