Angeline Clark and women of the 1st Cavalry Association Auxiliary in Southern Nevada had hoped their holiday cards would help bedridden soldiers at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center “have a blessed Christmas,” but their cards saying “Guide Us To Your Glorious Light” were returned.
Flaws in Nevada’s mental health system played a central role on Friday as a federal civil rights panel investigated the “dumping” of patients from psychiatric hospitals.
The Department of Veterans Affairs realized that the emergency room of its $585 million hospital in North Las Vegas would be too small but decided to finish the project and go back and fix it later, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki told Congress on Thursday.
About 400 airmen from Nellis and Creech Air Force bases have signed up for voluntary separations to help meet the Pentagon’s downsizing goals for a leaner and more efficient military as U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan end this year, the Nellis base commander said Tuesday.
As a reconnaissance Marine sergeant four years ago in Afghanistan, Russell Cameron’s mission focused on disrupting enemy forces and destroying enemy threats. Now as a UNLV senior and one of the few Army ROTC cadets chosen to receive a George C. Marshall leadership award, Cameron’s goals are to learn how to combat cyber security threats and get a grasp on future military projections for Asia, particularly China.
A bill that aims to streamline veterans claims was proposed in Congress on Thursday by senators who said the government has failed to uphold its duty to disabled service members for the past 20 years.
Thursa Burton says her brother, Rand, is a 100-percent mentally disabled Air Force veteran who is bipolar, diabetic and was recently in danger of losing his toes from infection, but the new Veterans Affairs Medical Center in North Las Vegas doesn’t want anything to do with him.
A day after a fighter jet went down during a training exercise in western Nevada, the Navy said late Sunday that the military pilot had been killed in the crash.
A Navy F/A-18C Hornet crashed during a training flight in Northern Nevada Saturday afternoon.
Alexander Nogales’ wife recalls their bad experience with the new VA Medical Center in early February that started with a call to 911 after the Vietnam War veteran and PTSD victim started shaking and was having trouble breathing.
Less than 1½ years after the Department of Veterans Affairs opened its $1 billion VA Medical Center in North Las Vegas, earthmovers have begun churning the site again to expand the hospital’s emergency room because the existing one is inadequate.
A management shake-up is in the works at the troubled Reno benefits office of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Rep. Dina Titus said Thursday after meeting with the head of the VA.
Staff Sgt. Andrew Leach faces one felony count each of murder and child abuse, neglect or endangerment with substantial bodily harm for injuries his son Aiden Leach suffered on Feb. 1, court documents said.
A trial date has been scheduled for the court-martial of a Marine accused of killing a Las Vegas prostitute who was visiting Hawaii.
