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Nevada’s Female Veterans Use Boots to Tell Stories

Sgt. Jacqueline Smith's boots are seen as women veterans from across Southern Nevada gathered to express their military experience and share their stories by decorating the boots they wore while in uniform at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Feb. 22, 2014. Community resources were also made available to the participating women which provided the latest information on jobs, education, benefits and services they potentially needed. (Jason Bean/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A simple message is seen as women veterans from across Southern Nevada gathered to express their military experience and share their stories by decorating the boots they wore while in uniform at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Feb. 22, 2014. Community resources were also made available to the participating women which provided the latest information on jobs, education, benefits and services they potentially needed. (Jason Bean/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Army Combat Medic Spc. Melanie Norton interacts with a friend as women veterans from across Southern Nevada gathered to express their military experience and share their stories by decorating the boots they wore while in uniform at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Feb. 22, 2014. Community resources were also made available to the participating women which provided the latest information on jobs, education, benefits and services they potentially needed. (Jason Bean/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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