At times, President Trump saluted as troops marched past the reviewing stand. But attendance appeared to fall far short of early predictions that as many as 200,000 people would attend the festival and parade.
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The Navy has directed the destroyer USS Thomas Hudner to begin sailing toward the Eastern Mediterranean and has directed a second destroyer to begin moving forward.
Pete Hegseth also refused to answer repeated questions at a hotly combative congressional hearing Thursday about his use of Signal chats to discuss military operations.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended President Trump’s decision to send the troops, saying they are needed to protect federal agents as they do their jobs.
Veterans and elected officials gathered at Henderson’s Cornerstone Park, where a field of 500 flags was set up to mark Memorial Day.
Former Green Beret Harold Wheeler, president of Las Vegas Chapter 51 of the Special Forces Association, led a crowd of more than a hundred people in honor of fallen veterans.
With Memorial Day approaching, an iconic museum in Las Vegas has found a way to thank members of the military for their service.
The court acted in the dispute over a policy that presumptively disqualifies transgender people from military service and could lead to the expulsion of experienced, decorated officers.
A petition that has drawn over 200 signatures calls on the Clark County School District to save the junior ROTC program, which is set to end next year because of budget cuts.
The four soldiers, whose identities have not been released, went missing early Tuesday when they were on a mission to recover another Army vehicle during unit training.
The U.S. Army says the Hercules armored vehicle the four U.S. soldiers were in during a training exercise had been found submerged in a body of water.
The Atlantic on Wednesday released the entire Signal chat among senior national security officials, showing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided the exact timings of warplane launches and when bombs would drop.
Top national security officials for President Trump, including his defense secretary, texted plans for upcoming military strikes to a group chat in a secure messaging app that included the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic, the magazine reported in a story posted online Monday.
A pair of Southern Nevada veterans are set to participate in the 39th annual National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in Colorado.
The Pentagon press secretary directed all military services to remove diversity, equity and inclusion content from websites in accordance with presidential executive orders.