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Heller, Reid, Heck, Titus, Horsford seek to reduce Nevada’s VA claim backlog
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Dean Heller (R-NV) and Harry Reid (D-NV) joined Representatives Joe Heck (NV-03), Dina Titus (NV-01), and Steven Horsford (NV-04) in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Under Secretary for Benefits Allison Hickey and Reno VA Regional Office (VARO) Director ...
Heller introduces bill to help VA shorten time for claims processing
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) today introduced the Accountability for Veterans Act. This legislation would help increase the rate at which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) obtains the records it needs from other federal agencies in order to process benefits claims. “As a Senator from ...
Heller seeks answers for Nevada veterans
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, U.S. Senator Dean Heller questioned panelists at the Veterans’ Affairs Committee Joint Hearing on the legislative presentation of Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) about the backlog of Veterans Affairs (VA) claims in the Silver State, the changes to TRICARE Prime in Northern Nevada, and the ...
Doolittle Raider 70th anniversary celebration
The 70th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid was commemorated at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Wednesday. Four of the five surviving crew members attended the ceremony.
Nevada Guard unit returns home
RENO, NV --The Nevada Army National Guard's 1/189th Aviation returned home yesterday from a 10-month deployment in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. As hundreds of people anticipated yesterdays return of loved ones… one family is getting back to being just that, a family. David Frederick and his children, ...
Military lifts ban of women in combat
RENO, NV -- For the first time, About two hundred and thirty thousand American military posts are now open – to women. “Welcome to the twenty first century where women are given opportunities that men were. I think it’s awesome.” Last week, the United States lifted its ban of women ...
Airport welcomes home soldiers from Afghanistan
RENO -- The Reno-Tahoe International Airport and a wide array of military support groups will welcome home today a dozen National Guard servicemen and women from the California Army National Guard's 2668th Transportation Company. The brave men and women, based in the Susanville area, are returning home to their ...
Mother of a fallen soldier's proclamation to reclaim Memorial Day
The commercials on TV are calling us to purchase, cars, furniture, clothing, appliances, electronics or a myriad of other things to “Celebrate Memorial Day” with their huge blowout sales! Our Parks and Recreation programs are declaring summer has arrived by opening our pools and encouraging us to come join ...
Young veterans searching for work after serving the country deserve support
During Shaun Clark’s time in the U.S. Army, he was deployed as airborne infantry to Afghanistan, Iraq and to Haiti after the earthquake. He’s experienced more in three years than most of us will in a lifetime. At 21, he’s back home and asking: Now what? That’s the question facing ...
BLM public land passes being offered free to military personnel at Fallon festival
Carson City -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District will distribute the new military version of the America the Beautiful Recreational Pass on May 19, at the Spring Wings Festival in Fallon, Nev. The festival is located at the Churchill County Fairgrounds Complex, off Sheckler Road ...
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