Pedestrians will use US-95 shoulder for Memorial Day ruck march
Walkers were on the southbound US-95 shoulder between SR-160 and Exit 99 on May 23-24 as a Memorial Day ruck march passed through Nye County.
Pedestrians were using the southbound US-95 shoulder between State Route 160 and Exit 99 from May 23 through May 24, and the Nevada Department of Transportation warned drivers to expect unusual roadside activity in the Nye County corridor as Memorial Day travel picked up.
The traffic alert was tied to Operation Battle Born: Ruck to Remember, a 6th annual Memorial Day weekend tribute hosted by the UNLV Military & Veteran Services Center, Rebel Vets and the UNLV Alumni Veteran Club, with support from the Truckee Meadows Veterans Club of Truckee Meadows Community College. The wider event ran May 22-25, opening with a ceremony on May 22, continuing with the ruck march on May 23-24 and closing with a Memorial Day ceremony on May 25.
Organizers and state veterans officials say the march honors military men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice since Sept. 11, 2001. Nevada veterans officials have described the tribute as a unique way to remember the fallen, and earlier versions of the event carried nearly 7,000 U.S. service-member dog tags as a symbol of that loss. In Nevada Department of Veterans Services descriptions, those tags have included the names of fallen Nevadans, with one account citing 59 and another listing 57.
The march has grown into one of the state’s most recognizable military remembrance events. Nevada veterans officials say the Nevada version was the first ruck march in the Silver State, and earlier iterations covered about 400 miles over roughly 8 to 10 days, with routes running from Las Vegas to Fernley or Boulder City depending on the year. One 2026 event posting described the southern leg as a 60-mile stretch from Amargosa Valley to the Las Vegas city limit, broken into 10-mile legs.
For motorists in western Nye County, the practical effect was straightforward: walkers were out on the shoulder of southbound US-95 for two days, and drivers passing through the SR-160 to Exit 99 stretch needed to stay alert for the march as it moved through the region. The event’s final ceremonies were set to bring the tribute to a close on Memorial Day, with the dog tags presented at the end of the march.
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