The 27-year Air Force veteran, a resident of Las Vegas for more than 30 years, died on Sept. 16 in Illinois at the age of 90.
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Clarence Smoyer was denied a Bronze Star at the time due to a minor disciplinary issue.
The Department of Justice has argued that the military allows service members who contract HIV to continue to serve if they can perform their duties.
The two were part of the first group of U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers sent to Afghanistan less than a month after 9/11, where they secretly entered the country on horseback.
Brig. Gen. William Burks, 65, who led both the reserve forces for 10 years, handed over the title of adjutant general to Brig. Gen. Ondra Berry, 60, Saturday in Reno.
While many newly renovated units at the complex will be reserved for veterans, the city of Las Vegas will lease 10 units to help those transitioning out of homelessness.
Vice Admiral Andrew Lewis said in a statement that the ships will remain at sea until the threat from the storm subsides.
The USS Arizona Memorial welcomed large numbers of visitors to its reopening after 15 months of repairs, officials said.
Veterans and their loved attended the 11th Armored Calvary Regiment 34th annual reunion at the Westgate on Saturday in Las Vegas.
A planned development on federally owned land is expected to have a subdivision that will act as off-base housing for Creech and Nellis Air Force base personnel.
Federal officials are bracing for a possible influx of people headed to Nevada next month to storm Area 51, a classified area controlled by the Air Force.
Twenty-seven members of the Nevada Army National Guard who will deploy for Afghanistan on Wednesday morning took part in a mobilization ceremony Tuesday.
The test off the coast of California on Sunday marked the resumption of an arms competition that some analysts worry could increase U.S.-Russian tensions.
A Nevada Army National Guard unit is headed to Afghanistan, the first of five Guard units set to deploy in coming months.
BEAUFORT, S.C. — A former commercial helicopter pilot has become the first female Marine to pilot the F-35, a next-generation joint strike fighter aircraft.