There was a time when seeing your number come up in a lottery was something to dread.
Military
Fourteen banners featuring active-duty military members are set to be displayed along Water Street and Green Valley Parkway through November 2015 as part of the city’s Military Banner Program. The individuals are Henderson residents or immediate family members of Henderson residents.
Former Marine Cpl. Daniel W. Smith of Las Vegas has vivid memories of death and destruction during the invasion of Saipan during World War II, but it took a long time for him to talk about the Silver Star he was awarded for bravery.
A book documenting every Nevadan who gave his or her life while serving in the U.S Armed Forces was unveiled Monday by Gov. Brian Sandoval.
Station Casinos is teaming up with Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl and the Military Warriors Support Foundation to give away a home to a wounded veteran.
Almost a half-century after he was as an infantry soldier in the Vietnam War, Chuck N. Baker salutes all veterans who have served from the Revolutionary War to the post-9/11 era in a new documentary titled simply, “Veterans: A Motion Picture.”
Las Vegas visitors might not think of Las Vegas as being overly patriotic, yet the valley organizes the “largest Veteran’s Day parade west of the Mississippi,” according to its organizers.
More than 75,000 people came to Nellis Air Force Base’s Aviation Nation show Saturday to see up close the fast, precision flying of the Thunderbirds and other aerial demonstration teams.
It was hard. It was tough. It was cold. He got yelled at a lot. And that’s just basic training, retired Army Spc. Salvatore Cirifalco explained to Celia Roberts’ fifth-grade classroom at French Elementary School in Las Vegas on Friday.
President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the number of U.S. forces on the ground to advise and retrain Iraqis in their battle against the militant group Islamic State.
The United State Air Force said it had recovered the body of an F-16 fighter jet pilot who was killed when his aircraft crashed in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday during a routine training mission.
Harley-Davidson will host a pancake breakfast Saturday to raise money for Honor Flight Southern Nevada, a nonprofit organization that sends local World War II veterans on airline flights to see memorials in Washington, D.C.
The Capanang family received a new mortgage-free home near Silverado Ranch Oct. 20 thanks to Wells Fargo and the Military Warriors Support Foundation, a nonprofit that provides homes, jobs, activities and scholarships to military members and their families.
Las Vegas’ skies will be overtaken by maneuvering military jets and their thundering roars during Nellis Air Force Base’s free Aviation Nation air show Nov. 8 and 9 that features the F-16 Thunderbirds and F-22 Raptor aerial demonstration teams.
Like the low-key operations they conducted during the Vietnam War, a group of veterans that has lurked in the shadows since first coming to Las Vegas 38 years ago to relax and reminisce has decided to go public in hopes of attracting new members.