Military
The poignant photograph of a combat Marine paying his last respects to Cpl. William Salazar of Las Vegas speaks for itself.
The “Rolling Thunder” has returned from another tour of war-torn Iraq. To the cheers of family and friends, about 230 of the 300 Army Reserve soldiers from the Las Vegas-based 257th Transportation Company arrived Monday night at Nellis Air Force Base after a deployment in Iraq and Kuwait.
A soldier from Las Vegas died Jan. 17 when a helicopter he was riding in made a hard landing under combat conditions in the Konar Province of Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced Friday.
More than 630 Nevada National Guard soldiers will leave in the spring for Afghanistan in what will be the largest overseas deployment of a group of citizen-soldiers from the state since World War II, the unit’s commander said Tuesday.
Nevada’s 1864th Transportation Company will be returning to Iraq and Kuwait in the spring where it left in October 2005 after concluding a 14-month stint to haul soldiers, equipment and supplies in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
WASHINGTON — After Roger Suarez’s eldest son died in Iraq two years ago, the grieving father buried him in his homeland of Nicaragua and tried to move on.
RENO — Rep. Dean Heller asked the Pentagon on Monday to open a new U.S. Army investigation into the death of a Nevada soldier killed in Iraq two years ago to determine whether he might have been a victim of friendly fire.
CARSON CITY — A Nevada man is pressing for a new investigation into his son’s 2006 death in Iraq, saying a report by an online magazine casts doubt on the Army’s conclusion that it resulted from enemy fire.
WASHINGTON — Returning home from a weekend in Afghanistan, Rep. Shelley Berkley said Monday she would reluctantly support a buildup of forces to combat Taliban insurgents as part of a reworked U.S. strategy in Central Asia.
RENO — The Nevada Army National Guard’s medevac helicopter unit is headed to Afghanistan next month.
They left last year in the early morning darkness of Veterans Day, leaving behind teary family and friends, the same throng who cheered their homecoming Thursday under the powder blue sky over the Henderson armory.
Joseph Serino would tell the driver to slow down, that he needed to scan the tops of buildings for snipers and the roadside for bombs. He would look at a bush moved by the breeze and wonder if the enemy lurked behind. He always wondered what danger waited around the next bend.
WASHINGTON — President Bush dropped the ball on rooting out terrorists in Afghanistan, and his decision this week to send more U.S. troops into the country is underwhelming at best, Sen. Harry Reid said Wednesday in a Senate speech.
