A senior airman stationed at Nellis Air Force Base was arrested last month on child pornography charges, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned.
Military
From 10 a.m. to noon Monday, about 75 local veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces between Nov. 1, 1955, and May 15, 1975, are expected to participate in a Vietnam Veterans Pinning and Proclamation Ceremony in Henderson.
During the height of the Iraq war, Nevada Assembly candidate Mack Miller deserted his fellow Army soldiers on the frontlines, court documents show.
On Monday afternoon, nearly 50 years since she last saw her first love, Navin sat among at least 300 people gathered at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City to honor and remember those who died serving in the U.S. armed forces.
The sculpture, “Stubby Salutes,” was unveiled Saturday in Veterans Memorial Park in Middletown.
The battle for the Aleutian island was one of the deadliest in the Pacific in terms of the percentage of troops killed. Nearly all the Japanese forces, estimated at about 2,500 soldiers, died with only 28 survivors. About 550 or so U.S. soldiers were killed.
Volunteers from all walks of life came together Saturday to place American flags on more than 28,000 graves at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City. A Memorial Day ceremony is set for 1 p.m. Monday.
A Henderson man will throw the first pitch on Memorial Day at the Las Vegas 51s game. The ceremonial pitch will honor the memory of his son, a Marine who was killed in Iraq in 2005.
Air Force records show some in the military bought, distributed and used the hallucinogen LSD and other mind-altering illegal drugs as part of a ring that operated undetected for months on a highly secure military base in Wyoming.
Sweeping legislation to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs and improve health care services for millions of vets in Nevada and other states is heading toward a vote in the Senate this week.
The eight-day march will cover more than 370 miles, ending near Fernley in Northern Nevada. About 170 veterans and residents are expected to participate.
Military explosives that fell off a vehicle in northwestern North Dakota on May 1 remain missing.
Nuclear scientist for Los Alamos National Laboratory helped plan more than 300 nuclear explosions beneath the desert northwest of Las Vegas beginning in the 1960s.
The Veteran’s Affairs Southern Nevada Healthcare System in partnership with the Elizabeth Dole Foundation hosted a baby shower on Monday, May 7, 2018, at the North Las Vegas Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
The Bureau of Land Management is gathering public input on plans to more than triple the size of the Navy training range near Fallon by cutting off public access to almost 770,000 acres of federal land.