By: Megan Way | Photos by Su Phelps and Lawrence Oravetz
Everyone got their money’s worth of BBQ for lunch at the Rum Runner’s 6th annual event, “PIG OUT” for the Veterans Transition Resource Center (VTRC) on Saturday April 13th. $10 for an all you can eat Chef JB’s BBQ with raffles, a live auction for prizes, a Live talk...
By: Victor Moss, Adjutant of American Legion Paradise Post 149
The American Legion Paradise Post 149 hosted the 15th Annual Rock the Troops Poker Run, to raise money for the local Military and Veterans Community. The 15th Annual Rock the Troops Poker Run was a huge success, bringing in over $12,000 to our Post for our Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation (VA&R)...
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Captain Rodney Anthony Carlone’s Celebration of Life and Military Honors
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By: Megan Way, Stephen White, Dave Jochman, Su Phelps and Robert Davison | Photos by Su Phelps, Lawrence Oravetz and Floyd White
Rod Carlone sadly passed on March 29th. The memorial service took place on April 28th, 2019. The Call to Order was done by active duty Navy and Marine Color Guard from the San Diego Naval base. Chaplin Dave...
By: Su Phelps
The Scottish American Military Society (SAMS) Post 711 had a meeting on April 6th at Skinny Dugans Casino and discussed recent activities.
About SAMS: The Scottish-American Military Society (SAMS) is a veterans' organization open to honorably discharged veterans, active duty or reserve military personnel of Scottish, Scots-Irish, Irish, or Welsh ancestry. Members must have served or be currently...
By: Megan Way and Francesca Gatto | Photos by Su Phelps
Speaking at Stirling Club’s President Merrin and Vice President Margie Shepherd’s April 3rd Stirling Club Business Networking Luncheon was CEO of the Pay It Forward Network Janet Franco ThD and Michael Jackson body double Valentino Johnson. We had a full house for this event.
Other than being the Founder and...
By: Janet Snyder
On April 6 we saw the play "Newsies" at the Summerlin Library and Performing Arts Center. It was a great show, and met the cast on the patio. They enjoyed seeing the Veterans Reporter News with us and admired the quality of the newspaper.
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US suspends F-35 deliveries to Turkey over Russia’s S-400 missile deal
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APRIL 02, 2019 RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY
The United States says it is halting deliveries to Turkey related to the F-35 fighter-jet program in response to Ankara’s decision to move ahead with the purchase of Russian air-defense system.
“Pending an unequivocal Turkish decision to forgo delivery of the S-400, deliveries and activities associated with the stand-up of Turkey’s F-35 operational capability...
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WALKER’S ‘PROJECT FIREHOUSE: RESTED & READY’ DELIVERED NINE NEW MATTRESSES TO FIREHOUSE 19
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LAS VEGAS – April 18, 2019 – Walker Furniture’s “Project Firehouse: Rested & Ready” continues with monthly deliveries. Nine new mattresses, foundations and mattress protectors were delivered on April 17 to Firehouse 19 at 5575 Spencer Street
near McCarran Airport. New mattresses are being delivered to all 30 Clark County firehouses in the Las Vegas Valley. “Each delivery is a...
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Walker Furniture Partners with Golden Knights for Inaugural ‘Beds for Kids’ Event
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By: Megan Way | Photos by Michele Clucas
Walker Furniture works together with their partner Vegas Golden Knights for their inaugural ‘Beds for Kids’ Event Sunday, March 31, at City National Arena.
15 kids were selected by community partners Clark County Fire Department, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Communities in Schools and Las Vegas Rescue Mission to receive new beds. “We...
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Trump says he didn’t discuss ‘war games’ with North Korea amid concern about military readiness
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KIM GAMEL - STARS AND STRIPES
President Donald Trump denied that the order to cancel war games with South Korea was a concession offered during nuclear talks with the North, saying he “made that decision long ago” to save money.
He was reacting Monday to criticism that the decision fulfilled a longtime demand by the North, which hates the exercises, while...














