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46 VETERANS VETERANS Reporter News Reporter News www.VeteransReporterNews.com www.VeteransReporterNews.com March 15 %u2022 2022 August 1 %u2022 2025ACTIVE DUTY, RETIRED AND FORMER OFFICERS JOIN OUR CHAPTER!We Fight For Legislation That Supports All Service Members, Veterans, Families & Survivors!Military Officers Association of America,Southern Nevada ChapterP.O. Box 96755Las Vegas NV 89193-5755www.moaa-lasvegas.org orLTC Tommy Thompson(702) 914-1844INVITATIONJewish War Veterans of the USASgt. Manny Peven Post 65Henderson, NV 89044Meets the First Sundayof Every MonthFor further information contact:JERRY(702) 565-1430PresentsPERSONAL PLANNINGand SURVIVING SPOUSESYMPOSIUMMonday, May 16, 2022Clark County Library Theater1401 E. Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas5:15 pm registration6:00 pm program7:30 pm refreshmentsFree AdmissionScan QR code to pre-registerPre-registration requestedFor additional information: www.MOAALasVegas.orgOR (702) 496-5134 OR kmilzer33@gmail.comWhat should be done now to protect your family after your death ... and what to do after a spouse%u2019s death?- A program with information for military veterans, active duty personnel and the general public - The goals of the Southern Nevada Chapter are to promote the purpose and objectives of MOAA National, which is to pursue and further legislation, military benefits, education and scholarships and other objectives of the uniformed services, the nation and the Southern Nevada Military community.%u201cWe fight for legislation that supports all service members, veterans, families, and survivors.%u201dLearn the three phases of Personal Planning for your family%u2019s future. Receive your copy of %u201cPERSONAL AFFAIRS ACTION GUIDE %u2013 A PERSONAL INVENTORY FOR PEACE OF MIND.%u201d Learn how the Surviving Spouse can obtain government benefits. Representatives of the Nevada Department of Veterans Service will discuss the Nevada State Veterans Homes and interment in the Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemeteries.Learn what important legal documents everyone should have and which optional documents you might consider.Nevada%u2019s Premier Veterans Newspaper!Reporter NewsHonoring Those Who Have So Bravely Served This CountryWHY THELEATHERNECK CLUB%u25a0The Leatherneck Club is a local Las Vegas veterans%u2019 landmark, and some would say a mecca. The club hosts a wide variety of veterans groups both local and from across the country for meetings, charitable functions, and unique events. Ghost, the club%u2019s owner is all in for everything that supports veterans but is notoriously shy when it comes to talking about his establishment. True to his handle Ghost evaporated into the ether when it came to talking about his Leatherneck Club, but the patrons of the club were more than happy to sing the praises of the iconic local veterans%u2019 hangout. Virtually everyone who goes there consider it their %u201chome away from home%u201d and consider it a mecca for both veterans and active service members. While the food and service do get mentioned, the commitment and support the club gives to the veteran%u2019s community and all their activities is the #1 thing mentioned by all. A veteran of the Marines, National Guard and a 14 year member of the Marine Riders explained, %u201dI enjoy this club, it%u2019s a home from home.%u201d With him an air Force vet who has been coming to bar for 12 years spoke about how they welcomed everyone. %u201cIt%u2019s a bunch of good people good vets%u2026They actually threw a party for us for the Air Force%u2019s birthday. %u2026 No better place to come for brotherhood and fellowship.%u201dA woman whose husband is a Viet Nam vet extolls the food, service and %u201c... all the activities for Veterans....We just love that there is someplace... people can come here and feel at home and welcome.%u201d Chantal Brown a Marine Corp veteran who works at the bar added, %u201cI feel like I%u2019m at home.%u201dPerhaps the ultimate show of support comes from Steven Nevarez and Bunny Roman who just got married there on 2.22.22. Navarez a retired Marine Gunny Sergeant and 10-year patron says, %u201cThis is a second home for us. It%u2019s a place for us to come together and bond, hang out with other Marines. To just feel at home, feel safe.%u201d Safe enough to fall in love and propose to Bunny. He explained that Ghost even allowed them to get married at the club on their special dateLook LEATHERNECK is Veterans Service Of The Momth 2/2022Ret Marine Gunny Sgt Steven Nevarez`LTC Rick Marshall (201) 655-8993colrick42@aol.com2526 Great Auk Ave,N. Las Vegas, NV 89084-3788 A Man Is Halted Climbing the USMexico Border Wall. Under New Trump Rules, US Troops Sound the Alarm%u25a0 Military.comNOGALES, Ariz. -- Inside an armored vehicle, an Army scout uses a joystick to direct a long-range optical scope toward a man perched atop the U.S.-Mexico border wall cutting across the hills of this Arizona frontier community.The man lowers himself toward U.S. soil between coils of concertina wire. Shouts ring out, an alert is sounded and a U.S. Border Patrol SUV races toward the wall -- warning enough to send the man scrambling back over it, disappearing into Mexico.The sighting Tuesday was one of only two for the Army infantry unit patrolling this sector of the southern border, where an emergency declaration by President Donald Trump has thrust the military into a central role in deterring migrant crossings between U.S. ports of entry.%u201cDeterrence is actually boring,%u201d said 24-year-old Army Sgt. Ana Harker-Molina, voicing the tedium felt by some fellow soldiers over the sporadic sightings.Still, she said she takes pride in the work, knowing that troops discourage crossings by their mere presence.%u201cJust if we%u2019re sitting here watching the border, it%u2019s helping our country,%u201d said Harker-Molina, an immigrant herself who came from Panama at age 12 and became a U.S. citizen two years ago while serving in the Army.U.S. troop deployments at the border have tripled to 7,600 and include every branch of the military -- even as the number of attempted illegal crossings plummet and Trump has authorized funding for an additional 3,000 Border Patrol agents, offering $10,000 signing and retention bonuses.The military mission is guided from a new command center at a remote Army intelligence training base alongside southern Arizona%u2019s Huachuca Mountains. There, a community hall has been transformed into a bustling war room of battalion commanders and staff with digital maps pinpointing military camps and movements along the nearly 2,000-mile border.Until now border enforcement had been the domain of civilian law enforcement, with the military only intermittently stepping in. But in April, large swaths of the border were designated militarized zones, empowering U.S. troops to apprehend immigrants and others accused of trespassing on Army, Air Force or Navy bases, and authorizing additional criminal charges that can mean prison time.The two-star general leading the mission says troops are being untethered from maintenance and warehouse tasks to work closely with U.S. Border Patrol agents in high-traffi c areas for illegal crossings -- and to deploy rapidly to remote, unguarded terrain.%u201cWe don%u2019t have a (labor) union, there%u2019s no limit on how many hours we can work in a day, how many shifts we can man,%u201d said Army Maj. Gen. Scott Naumann.%u201cI can put soldiers out whenever we need to in order to get after the problem and we can put them out for days at a time, we can fl y people into incredibly remote areas now that we see the cartels shifting%u201d course.U.S. Army Sgt. Salvador Hernandez stands beside Stryker combat vehicles while watching over the U.S.-Mexico border fence from a hilltop in Nogales, Ariz., Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)