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Las Vegas veterans get new shine from village’s salon

The T.H.E. (Total Hair Experience) Salon at the downtown Veterans Village II complex will offer free makeovers, including hair-removal waxing if requested, to all new residents and serve current residents at cut-rate prices.

North Las Vegas compound is vital to national security

Inside the nondescript buildings of the Nevada National Security Site location that dot a sprawling parking lot are the peoplewho help ensure the safety, security and deterrent nature of the country’s nuclear weapons stockpile.

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Red Flag exercises, involving 80 aircraft, begin in Las Vegas

A military exercise conducted over the southern Nevada desert will involve about 80 aircraft and include night launches and other activity producing increased noise heard by nearby residents.

 
Supreme Court allows restricting transgender people from military

The Trump administration can go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender men and women while court challenges continue, the Supreme Court decided Tuesday.

 
4 Americans killed in explosion in Syria

A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State killed two U.S. soldiers and two American citizens in northern Syria Wednesday, less than a month after President Donald Trump declared he was pulling U.S. forces and that IS had been defeated.

UNLV alumna named Student Veteran of the Year

In January 2017, Alexandria Sawin enrolled at UNLV, where she served as the first woman president of the Rebel Vets organization. On Sunday, the 27-year-old was named the 2018 Student Veteran of the Year, the highest individual honor given by the nonprofit Student Veterans of America.

Marine shot to death in Washington, DC, barracks

A 20-year-old U.S. Marine from Minnesota was killed in a shooting at the Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C., his mother said Wednesday.

US Strategic Command apologizes for tweet about dropping bomb

The U.S. Strategic Command, which oversees America’s nuclear and missile arsenal, boasted in a New Year’s Eve tweet that it’s ready if ever needed “to drop something much, much bigger” than the Times Square ball.

New North Las Vegas horse therapy program focuses on PTSD sufferers

Withers for Warriors will employ four psychologists and six horses to help adults struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, especially veterans, first responders and women who were victims of domestic violence.

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