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Military caps pay hike at 1 percent
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 4 months ago
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The Pentagon plans to cap pay raises for active-duty military personnel at 1 percent next year instead of granting a 1.8 percent increase allowed under Labor Department standards. "Given the current budget environment, this pay raise is less than
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Planned troop drawdown's impact on Army Reserves lamented
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 4 months ago
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Local Army Reserve soldiers had just unpacked their duffel bags from Afghanistan in mid-December when military planners were drawing up a report for Congress that predicts the nation's citizen-soldiers will probably have to shoulder more deployments
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Nevada National Guard unit always ready to fly into action
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 5 months ago
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Thunder from the whirling blades of a Chinook helicopter pierced the quiet around Afghanistan's jagged, 10,000-foot peaks. It was a bone-chilling November day outside in the thin mountain air. But inside the cockpit over the combat zone, it was just
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National Guard rebuilds after IHOP tragedy
Carson City :: MI :: USA | 9 months ago
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Mike Heil was in Hawaii, vacationing after his return from deployment with the Nevada National Guard to Afghanistan, when he received the phone call...Two other soldiers including Jeremiah Mock, who had only returned to work days earlier after
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State unveils matching college grant program for military families
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 9 months ago
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Wednesday to expand a matching college grant program to help Nevada military parents plan their children's future. About 6,000 military families in Nevada with an adjusted gross household income of less than $75,000 will be eligible for the program,
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Nevada Guard officials warn budget cuts may impair emergency responses
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 9 months ago
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Automatic, across-the-board military cutbacks of nearly $500 billion over the next 10 years would not only affect operations overseas but also undermine the National Guard's ability to respond to domestic emergencies, state and former federal
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Nevada National Guard back in Reno after Afghanistan tour
Reno :: NV :: USA | 10 months ago
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Ninety members of Nevada's National Guard returned to Reno amid cheers and patriotic songs after a deployment in Afghanistan. The returning members were part of the 485th Military Police Company that provided security to about 2,400 detainees at a
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Guard: Costly solar power contract binding
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 1 year ago
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Nevada National Guard officials told Gov. Brian Sandoval on Tuesday that they cannot get out of a contact that requires them to pay about twice as much for solar energy than it would cost if they bought power from NV Energy. "Is there an option to
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National Guard captain serving in Afghanistan 'still very much a Marine'
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Kevin Snoddy upholds, even when he's wearing an Army National Guard uniform in the dead of winter in Kabul, Afghanistan. "It is what it is," the 46-year-old Henderson soldier said last week from snow-covered Camp Dubs, a hub for international
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Hundreds of Nevada National Guard soldiers return to Las Vegas
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | over 1 year ago
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More than 300 Nevada National Guard soldiers returned to Las Vegas on Sunday, completing a yearlong deployment that sent them to Afghanistan where they built, installed and maintained the largest communication network in the war zone. For twins Kamee
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