They live by the adage that “time heals all wounds.”
Military
Flags fluttered, hundreds of motorcycle engines rumbled and people rose to their feet as the presentation of the colors commenced, kicking off this year’s Memorial Day ceremony at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City.
In a series of recent bills and actions, Rep. Dina Titus has launched an attack on problems in the Department of Veterans Affairs so the veterans who served the country will be better served by its government.
A bill revived in Congress would pay the college education of individuals whose spouses were service members killed in the line of duty.
A Marine and Henderson high school graduate who lost a leg and underwent over 20 surgeries after being critically wounded in a 2010 explosion in Afghanistan has moved a big step forward in rebuilding his life.
The Nellis Air Force Base hospital was evacuated for two hours Thursday after a suspicious package was discovered about 11 a.m.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America’s controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no “cure-all” and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally killed.
A “pay as you rate” bill to speed payments to former service members was introduced Wednesday in Congress, part of a new push for the Department of Veterans Affairs to reduce a swollen backlog of claims.
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday put the final touch on a bill to punish people who falsely pass themselves off as war heroes and try to profit from it.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama.
A bill that would make it a crime to lie about receiving honors for military service was passed Monday in the U.S. House. The “Stolen Valor Act of 2013” was approved 390-3 in a vote timed to fall between Armed Forces Day last Saturday and Memorial Day this Monday.
The pending court-martial of a Nellis Air Force Base officer for sexual assault is among the latest in what the Air Force’s top general says is a crisis that can be traced to a lack of respect for women — a culture that the Nellis base commander has vowed to change.
WASHINGTON — More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness stemming from sexual abuse in the military, and 4,000 sought disability benefits, underscoring the staggering long-term impact of a crisis that has roiled the Pentagon and been condemned by President Barack Obama as “”shameful and disgraceful.”
WASHINGTON — One after another, the charges have tumbled out — allegations of sexual assaults in the military that have triggered outrage, from local commanders to Capitol Hill and the Oval Office.
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