A former Marine and an active-duty Marine say photographs taken of them were secretly posted online without their consent along with nude photos of other servicewomen.
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A panel of lawmakers on Wednesday approved funding of nearly $400,000 to provide contracted security for the state’s National Guard facilities, although some committee members expressed concern about the move to privatization.
Jaymee McClain had almost given up on going back to college, feeling she would never be able to surmount the challenge of raising two kids on a single military paycheck. That changed in an instant on Thursday.
Nevada’s Sen. Dean Heller and Rep. Ruben Kihuen had expressed concern that the move would force local military veterans to “travel hundreds of miles” to get health care.
Air Force security forces responded Friday to suspected explosive material at the main entrance gate to Creech Air Force Base, prompting authorities to shut down nearby U.S. Highway 95 in both directions for about 2 1/2 hours.
Nellis Air Force Base officials say residents at the Las Vegas Valley’s north end can expect to hear military aircraft noise through March 10 as dozens of fighter jets, bombers and support aircraft depart and land twice daily at the base.
Gift from Englestad Family Foundation will enable nonprofit to send nearly 100 World War II, Korean War vets to visit nation’s war monuments in Washington, D.C., and Virginia.
This year’s second Red Flag air combat exercise got underway Monday at Nellis Air Force Base.
Horses4Heroes will hold a free open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at Floyd Lamb Park to mark its fourth anniversary.
Swimmers took to the pool Sunday at UNLV’s Buchanan Natatorium, competing for spots on the Air Force Warrior Games Team that will represent the armed services branch at the 2017 Warrior Games slated for June in Chicago.
More than 100 disabled athletes will compete in the sports trials in a variety of sports at Nellis Air Force Base and UNLV over the next nine days.
The Department of Energy said Thursday its scientists are taking the final steps to modernize the W88 thermonuclear warhead for Navy Trident II ballistic missiles.
Peggy Kearns, director of the Veteran Affairs Southern Nevada Healthcare System, says her staff is cutting appointment wait times despite a fast-growing caseload.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency says it already has conducted tests of a “directed-energy airborne laser” fired from a military drone that would be capable of zapping rockets almost as soon as they are launched.
On Sunday morning, after nine months of deployment in Kuwait, roughly 80 soldiers from the Nevada Army Guard’s Bravo Company, 422nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, reunited with friends and family at the Las Vegas Readiness Center.