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Detachment from Nevada Army National Guard returns from Afghanistan

A detachment from the Nevada Army National Guard’s most-deployed unit, the 72nd Military Police Company, has returned, this time from Afghanistan, where it maintained security in a dangerous part of Kabul for U.S. military leaders and its coalition partners.

Aging U.S. Filipino veterans can finally get some family help

A program to help Filipino World War II veterans in the United States by allowing family members into the country to support and care for them was implemented over the weekend by the Obama administration.

Nellis F-16C collision blamed on pilot errors

Errors by pilots caused two F-16C Fighting Falcon jets to collide on a runway at Nellis Air Force Base after landing for a Red Flag air combat exercise orientation flight in August, Air Combat Command officials said Monday.

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US serviceman killed by Islamic State fighters in Iraq identified

The Navy SEAL killed in Iraq on Tuesday was identified as Charlie Keating IV, a former Phoenix high school star distance runner and the grandson of the late Arizona financier involved in the 1980s savings and loan scandal.

WWII actions earn French Legion of Honor medal for North Las Vegas man

Ninety-eight-year-old Elmer J. Hess, of North Las Vegas, received France’s Legion of Honor medal Wednesday night during a ceremony in Las Vegas. Hess, a World War II Army tech sergeant from Monmouth, Illinois, was in the third wave to invade France’s Nazi-occupied Normandy coast at Utah Beach.

 
Discipline but no criminal charges in hospital bombing in Afghanistan

A U.S. aerial gunship attack on a hospital in Afghanistan that killed 42 people occurred because of human errors, process mistakes and equipment failures, and none of the aircrew or U.S. ground troops knew the target was a hospital, a top U.S. general said Friday.

Heller, other senators announce bill to improve VA care

U.S. Sen. Dean Heller on Thursday joined other key players on veterans issues to announce what is being billed as “groundbreaking” legislation for the Veterans Affairs Department.

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