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Children all over the nation write letters to military personnel overseas, but the students of Kieran Kalt's third-grade class along with others at Numa Elementary School had the opportunity to meet the soldier they corresponded with. more...
  01/26/2010 6:38pm
BAGHDAD (AP) — Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, who was hanged Monday, ordered the infamous poison gas attack on the northern Iraqi Kurdish village of Halabja in 1988 that killed 5,000 people and earned him the chilling moniker...
  01/25/2010 10:44am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The military has agreed to expedite a review the records of thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans discharged with post-traumatic stress disorder to determine whether they were improperly denied benefits.
  01/25/2010 9:11am
Rear Adm. Mark Fox, commander of the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, had the honor of congratulating 18 of the Navy's newest petty officers during a recent ceremony.
  01/12/2010 6:22pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Defense Department review of the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, has found the doctors overseeing Maj. Nidal Hasan's medical training repeatedly voiced concerns over his strident views on Islam and his inappropriate...
  01/11/2010 12:18pm
Jessica Tanedo

Air Force Airman Jessica A. Tanedo graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
  01/01/2010 8:59am
Rose Marie Bracher of Fallon waited near the security checkpoint late Sunday night.

Soon, a figure in a camouflage military uniform neared a small crowd of adults and several children who were holding hand-written signs.
  12/29/2009 7:14pm
He was used to the dry, dusty summers of the Lahontan Valley and peaceful rural living, fixing old cars and chasing jackrabbits in the gray Nevada desert, so when the aircraft door opened and he was met with a blast of hot, moist air that smothered him...
  12/13/2009 8:09am
Naval Air Station Fallon's Search and Rescue team, the “Longhorns,” rescued nine people and a dachshund from the Eastern Sierras near Bridgeport, Calif., Monday morning.
  12/01/2009 5:26pm
FALLON - Numa Elementary School conducted a Veterans Day service Tuesday to thank those who have served and to offer a special thank you to Cmdr. Luther “Luke” Harold Hook III, former Naval Air Station Fallon executive officer, who died on...
  11/11/2009 4:19pm
A platoon of soldiers skirted the railroad tracks, inching their way to the main bridge that crossed a canal.
  11/11/2009 12:53pm
The “enemy” has a special seat of honor at Naval Air Station Fallon.

Near hangar 4's west side and a one-person guard shack, a walkway with an arch proclaiming “MIG Alley” identifies “enemy” headquarters.
  11/11/2009 10:36am
FALLON - Lahontan Elementary School thanked local veterans Friday by holding a breakfast and having servicemen to speak to the students.
  11/10/2009 8:55pm
Every Veterans Day presents an opportunity to commemorate those who served in some faraway place long ago, many of whom paid that ultimate sacrifice. World War II offers its share of remembrances: Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941; Normandy, June 6, 1944; the...
  11/10/2009 8:29pm
Aviation Ordnanceman Chief Michelle Hucks, Master at Arms First Class Kyle Stewart and Master at Arms First Class Ben Newton all offered to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan without question.
  11/10/2009 8:24pm
Outside of the crush of media and onlookers, Jeff Evans of Minden quietly went about getting a specialized license plate for his car Monday at the Department of Motor Vehicles on Wright Way.
  11/10/2009 8:16pm
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