Louis Lacey gave a final instruction to his crisis intervention team before heading out to search for homeless veterans in tunnels near the Strip. “Let’s go save some people,” he said.
Military
Nevada’s armored cavalry just got bigger and stronger, bolstered by more than $270 million in equipment that includes 59 new Bradley Fighting Vehicles and tanks.
A memorial for slain Navy Seal and “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle has been unveiled in the West Texas city where he was born in 1974.
Bruno Moya’s journey began while watching TV. He was a year away from graduating at Clark High School when a Marine Corps commercial came on. It featured a Marine going through a rigorous training course, climbing to the top of a pillar to retrieve a sword and slaying a dragon.
An Air Force Thunderbird pilot who ditched his jet moments after flying over the Air Force Academy’s commencement ceremony reported engine trouble and told air traffic controllers he was aiming the plane away from a home before he ejected safely into a field.
A KC-135 Stratotanker with the 92nd Air Refueling Squadron, supplemented by Boom Operator Senior Airman Eric Medina of the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron, hook up with F-16 fighter jets from Shaw Air Force Base during a Red Flag exercise.
A group of 21 veterans eager to shed their long-term unemployment status graduated Friday from a program designed to do just that.
Justin Gilbert, 17, of Summerlin has been named the Battalion Commander of the 129th Corps at St. John’s Military School in Salina, Kan. The rank is the highest position a senior cadet can attain at the private school.
The Marines landed and took off Tuesday at Nellis Air Force Base, flying into history with their F-35B stealth jets that are the nation’s first joint strike fighters to participate in a Red Flag air combat exercise.
Las Vegan Frankie Perez, who served four years active duty as a female airman, is now among those who can serve openly as a transgender man under a new policy announced by Defense Secretary Ash Carter.
Las Vegas resident Robert Stava was awarded the rank of chevalier by the National Order of the Legion of Honor for his service during WWII.
Retired U.S. Marine veteran-turned-magician John Hamilton enjoys using his tricks to make students smile but also to talk about the importance of staying in school. But when he broke his front teeth due to grinding, a result of post-traumatic stress disorder, he lost his smile.
The Veterans Benefits Administration continues to chip away at a backlog of disability claims, but a spike in veterans seeking care for disabilities and health issues has caused the VA Southern Nevada Healtchcare System to struggle in meeting those needs.
The body of a U.S. airman has been found in a river in the northern Italian town where he went missing 10 days ago, Italian authorities said Tuesday.
Southern Nevada residents will hear increased military aircraft noise as dozens of fighter jets, bombers and other aircraft take off and land at Nellis Air Force Base for a Red Flag exercise.