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Nevada Guard opens new readiness center in Las Vegas Valley

The 9/11 attacks launched the United States into a new era of military readiness which continued Tuesday with the opening of the $25 million, 65,000-square-foot North Las Vegas Readiness Center, next to the 20-year-old Clark County armory on Range Road in the north Las Vegas Valley.

Navy launches drone from warship

ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH — The Navy for the first time Tuesday launched an unmanned aircraft the size of a fighter jet from a warship in the Atlantic Ocean, as it wades deeper into America’s drone program amid growing concerns over the legality of its escalating surveillance and lethal strikes.

“Stolen Valor” bill stalls in Assembly

CARSON CITY — For the second consecutive session, legislators have been unable to create a way to penalize people who lie about their military records.

Ceremony recognizes Nellis officer killed in action during Vietnam War

WASHINGTON — An officer from Nellis Air Force Base whose jet crashed in Laos 40 years ago — but whose remains were recovered only recently — was recognized in a weekend ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Heck in line for Army Reserve promotion to general

Rep. Joe Heck of Nevada, who couples politics with careers in medicine and the military, is in line for a bump up in the Army Reserve.

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Nevada World War II vets visit D.C. memorials

WASHINGTON — Looking out at the World War II Memorial, Rudy Moraga is quiet for a moment as he composes his thoughts about his military service seven decades ago.

Radio host to get funds from ex-LAPD cop gun sale

A North Las Vegas gun dealer is giving away $4,025 from the sale of a handgun once owned by rogue former LAPD officer Christopher Dorner.

Red Rock gala to aid wounded veterans

Like the troops who serve the country, volunteers from the nonprofit Nevada Military Support Alliance serve soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen when they return from fighting the nation’s wars.

Korean War buddies rekindle friendship

Sixty years ago they were a couple of buff, teenage Marines who shared the frontline trenches at the end of the Korean War.

Nellis finally gets its fourth F-35 fighter jet

With little fanfare and after much anticipation, the fourth F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter jet arrived at Nellis Air Force Base on Wednesday, more than a month after it set out from Lockheed Martin’s production plant in Fort Worth, Texas,

Ex-Las Vegas couple take a long ride for the troops

Former Las Vegans Alex and Helen LaVoie, who heard many noisy jets take off from Nellis Air Force Base during their 16 years here, are back in town making a little noise of their own — a bike ride across the U.S. to help fund the Wounded Warriors Project.

Nellis seeks money for housing and support of new F-35 fighters

WASHINGTON — Nellis Air Force Base may be rocked by the sequester, but planning continues for upgrades to base housing and projects to support the arriving F-35 fighter jets.

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