For the first time in 40 years, the U.S. Army is making changes to a century-old piece of hardware, dog tags, the identification implements that hang around each soldier’s neck.
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Nellis Air Force Base reopened its main gate about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday after a bomb threat.
As federal and local officials prepared to celebrate the Las Vegas valley having enough resources to house every homeless veteran, a woman struggled to find permanent housing for her brother — a Vietnam War veteran — on Tuesday.
An airman and two other people were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday in the alleged theft and illegal sale of military ammunition and equipment from Nellis Air Force Base.
Nevada’s “High Rollers” have reached a new height.
Las Vegas resident Leonard O. Nielsen was assigned to the USS Arizona but was in sick bay on the USS Solace hospital ship when Japanese warplanes sank the Arizona and others on Battleship Row during the Pearl Harbor attack 74 years ago on Dec. 7, 1941.
If you happen to spot some military helicopters flying over you in formation this weekend, don’t panic.
All U.S. military combat positions are being opened up to women, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Thursday.
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter’s announcement that the U.S. will be sending “a specialized expeditionary targeting force” to Iraq to fight ISIS has renewed debate about the administration’s authority to take military action in the region without a clear congressional mandate.
Marina Vance and the Blue Star Mothers of Henderson and Boulder City hustled to get stocking stuffers ready Monday to send to troops who will be overseas for the holidays.
Two senior U.S. senators called on Washington to nearly triple military force levels in Iraq to 10,000 and send an equal number of troops to Syria as part of a multinational ground force to counter Islamic State in both countries.
Dozens of retired U.S. military officers who belong to the Southern Nevada Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America held their 50th anniversary dinner at Palace Station on Nov. 20.
The Christensen family already knew this Thanksgiving was going to be different.
As tensions around the world mount, the prospect for keeping it safe from nuclear warfare means making sure no more nuclear bombs will ever be tested.
Ever since he was a kid growing up in Las Vegas, Travis Puccio has had a passion to serve in the Army.