By Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal

When Gov. Brian Sandoval made Caleb Cage his director of military and veterans policy in 2014, he became the first governor in recent memory to have a someone on staff to oversee veterans affairs.

Cage, a West Point graduate and former Army platoon leader in Iraq, was given a formidable task.

“He said, ‘I want Nevada to be the most military and veteran friendly state in the nation, period,’ ” Cage recalled.

The pro-veteran spirit is seen in Sandoval’s aggressive legislative plan for veterans, although it has been foreshadowed at the Legislature by the governor’s $1.1 billion plan of new and extended taxes to fuel his proposed $7.3 billion general-fund budget.

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