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Foreign ‘dirty bomb’ responders will start training in Nevada

In a few months a one-of-a-kind facility in Area 1 at the Nevada National Security Site north of Las Vegas will add an international dimension as police officers from eastern Europe and elsewhere outside the U.S. learn how to find and deal with dirty bombs.

Care fair and town hall meeting for veterans set for Saturday

Rep. Cresent Hardy, R-Nev., and the Veterans Affairs Southern Nevada Healthcare System will co-host a care fair and town hall meeting for veterans Saturday at the VA Medical Center in North Las Vegas.

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Nellis Air Force Base welcomes 57th Wing’s first woman commander

In a historic ceremony Friday at Nellis Air Force Base, Brig. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt took the reins of the 57th Wing, bridging the gender gap to become the wing’s first woman commander and highest-ranking female officer to command at Nellis.

Las Vegas unit of Nevada Army Guard deploying to Kuwait

A mobilization ceremony for the Nevada Army Guard’s Bravo Company, 422nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion was held in Las Vegas on Friday, April 15, 2016.

Tractor-trailer ferries statues of military personnel to Las Vegas Veterans Memorial site

A flatbed tractor-trailer rig with about a dozen larger-than-life statues of soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen from all the nation’s wars made for an impromptu veterans parade as it hauled the centerpiece items to their final destination at the Las Vegas Veterans Memorial site outside the Sawyer Building.

 
US Navy officer charged with espionage

The U.S. military has charged a Taiwan-born Navy officer with espionage for allegedly passing military secrets to China or Taiwan, U.S. defense officials said Monday.

US closer to ratifying nuclear weapons test ban treaty

The United States is inching closer to the day when full-scale nuclear weapons tests are banned forever, the U.S. ambassador to international missions in Vienna says.

Henderson Vet Center extends helping hand to those who serve

Since the Henderson Vet Center’s office opened in 2010, it has received calls and walk-ins from countless veterans in the Henderson area in need of anything from mental health services to simply someone to talk to.

UNLV speakers’ concern is drone warfare fuels hatred

“I’m up here for those kids that I helped kill.” That’s what Cian Westmoreland, former Air Force drone program communications technician, said his motivation was for speaking Wednesday night at a UNLV symposium on drone warfare.

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