LAS VEGAS, Nev. –
As it has for the past 25 years, the Nevada National Guard is set to team with its community law enforcement partners to ensure a safe New Year’s Eve celebration throughout Las Vegas.
New Year’s Eve revelers in Las Vegas can expect to see Nevada National Guard Soldiers at various major intersections on ‘The Strip’ and in downtown Las Vegas during the New Year’s holiday period Tuesday evening and early Wednesday morning.
More than 100 Nevada Guard Soldiers will be on duty to assist las enforcement with traffic and crowd control as well as ensure the safety of our community. Most of the Guardsmen will be teamed with Las Vegas Metro Police units on the Strip and downtown during the New Year’s Eve celebration. About 35 Nevada Air Guardsmen medical staff are set to assist the personnel at University Medical Center and Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center during the same holiday period. They will remain available for potential triage support in the case of any contingency.
National Guard Soldiers and Airmen have been on duty and have helped ensure a safe New Year’s in Las Vegas for a quarter century. Nevada Division of Emergency Management officials stress there is no specific threat to any event or site in southern Nevada. About 400,000 revelers are expected to visit Las Vegas this New Year's Eve.
The cooperative New Year’s mission is headed by Clark County Emergency Management and supported by the Nevada National Guard and local and federal law enforcement agencies. Various forms of the cooperative mission and training exercises have occurred since the Y2K scare of 1999.