Richard Sisk

Richard Sisk has more than 45 years of journalism experience in reporting and editing in the U.S. and abroad for United Press International, the N.Y. Daily News and now for Military.com. He has covered police beats, the courts, transportation and politics in New York City and Washington, D.C., and had numerous assignments in the Mideast, Europe and Latin America. He has covered six presidential campaigns and since 2016 has been Military.com’s Pentagon reporter. Sisk is a Vietnam veteran who served with the 2nd Battalion, Fourth Marines, in 1967-68.

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Lt. James Crotty as lieutenant junior grade aboard a Coast Guard cutter. (U.S. Coast Guard)

POW Hero: Coast Guard’s Jimmy Crotty Came Home After 77 Years

Jimmy Crotty’s courage under fire and in captivity became legendary — a story of sacrifice, endurance and homecoming.

The Little-Known Role of Jimmy Doolittle in Nagasaki Atomic Bombing

Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle famously led the first U.S. strike against the Japanese homeland during World War II, and...

A help-wanted sign is displayed at a live music and blues club in Chicago.

Veterans Unemployment Rate Drops, But Trump Fires BLS Commissioner After Weak Overall Jobs Report

President Donald Trump ordered the firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Friday following a weak jobs report...

Author Guy Gugliotta’s book, ‘Grant’s Enforcer,’ tells the story of how President Ulysses S. Grant picked a little-known postwar official in Georgia named Amos T. Akerman (above) to become his attorney general and fight the Ku Klux Klan.

Ulysses S. Grant Picked a Confederate Slave Owner to Take Down the KKK

Amos T. Akerman was a curious case to become President Ulysses S. Grant's attorney general, as depicted in Guy Gugliotta’s...

Scientists and other workers rig the world's first atomic bomb.

Trinity Test Fallout Victims in New Mexico Finally Get Compensation After 80 Years

Congress earlier this month finally got around to making New Mexico fallout victims of the first test of an atomic bomb and...

Four Chaplains Day

Feb. 3 marks the anniversary of the sinking of the United States Army Transport Dorchester and the selfless acts of four Army...

President Harry Truman holds up a handful of pens

Presidents Sometimes Use 4th of July Celebrations to Unveil Major Policies. Most Times, They Don't.

The past offered little guidance for President Trump on whether to make a major policy announcement on the Fourth of July...

Smoke rises from the building of Iran's state-run television

Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options

The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...

U.S. Coast Guard landing barge at Normandy, France during D-Dy invasion.

Coasties Braved Withering German Fire to Put Troops Ashore on D-Day

The role played by Coast Guard personnel who crewed the Higgins boats was critical to the success of the D-Day landings in...

What Ike Remembered When Returning to the Beaches of Normandy 20 Years After D-Day

In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division tried to ease the concerns of...

President Donald Trump speaks during an event

White House Says Trump’s Proposal to Rename Veterans Day Has Been Scrapped

The White House has backed off President Donald Trump’s stunning social media proposal to change the name of Veterans Day to...

Helicopter aboard the USS Blue Ridge pushed into the sea off the coast of Vietnam

Frantic Refugees, Helicopters Pushed Overboard: Memories of the Fall of Saigon 50 Years Later

Fifty years later, the surreal images of U.S. sailors and Marines scrambling to push, drag and muscle helicopters overboard...

Colonial militia reenactors prior to the Boston Marathon

British General Gave Order 250 Years Ago that Sparked Revolution in What Became America

The anniversary of the outbreak of the Revolutionary War precedes a slew of planned celebrations when the United States marks...

Secret Recordings Show President Roosevelt Debating Military Desegregation with Civil Rights Leaders

More than a year before Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt heard arguments from the civil rights leaders of the...

Modular housing for homeless veterans in Los Angeles

Appeals Court Wary of Supreme Court Reversal on Case Calling for Housing LA Homeless Veterans

The appeals hearing was the latest in a legal battle between veterans and the VA on whether the campus in LA will be cleared...

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Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor

More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...

A man speaks through a bull horn during a demonstration in reaction to the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran outside the Israeli consulate on Thursday, March 5, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

From Iraq to Iran: How Congress Handed Over War Powers to the Presidency

The 9/11 attacks were a sea change in U.S. foreign policy and diminished congressional authority, with partisanship on...

Air Force veteran Jason Morgan is pictured on a mission in Northern Ecuador, a week before he sustained life-changing injuries. (Jason Morgan)

Left Face Down in the Mud: How an Air Force Veteran, Amputee Found Hope

A life-changing injury and having to raise three kids alone made Jason Morgan more resolute in the long run.

Bonnie Carroll, founder of TAPS, hugging a survivor (Photo courtesy of TAPS).

After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life

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Colin Jost dressed as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at a mock press briefing during a Saturday Night Live sketch. Credit: NBCUniversal / Saturday Night Live

SNL Mocks Iran Conflict as Pete Hegseth Calls It a ‘Situationship’

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Latest Military Videos

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Video showing moment of strike on Iranian school that killed over 165 people.

Trump Attends Dignified Transfer of Soldiers Killed in Middle East

Trump attends dignified transfer of soldiers killed in war in the Middle East.

Mojtaba Khamenei Chosen to Succeed His Father as Supreme Leader of Iran

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How the Conflict in the Middle East Has Evolved

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Investigations and Features

In One of the Marines' Most Iconic Jobs, a Stunning Pattern of Suicide

Marine Corps drill instructors are a national symbol of discipline. But for some, their imposing persona belies a dark...

Army Capt. Jeremy Kuykendall and his wife Kate, cradle their daughter

Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight

A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...

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US Begins Large Military Drill with South Korea While Waging War in the Middle East

The allies’ combined exercise comes amid South Korean media speculation that Washington is relocating some assets from South...

A memorial graphic released by the New York City Police Department honors Police Officer Sorffly Davius of Brooklyn’s 79th Precinct, who died March 6, 2026, after suffering a medical episode while deployed to Camp Buehring in Kuwait with the New York Army National Guard’s 42nd Infantry Division. (NYPD)

NYPD Officer Serving in Army Guard Dies During Kuwait Deployment

The officer's death prompted tributes from New York leaders and members of Congress.

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gilbert Elliott, an engineer equipment mechanic with Combat Logistics Battalion 12, 3d Marine Logistics Group, kneels for a portrait while on an Autonomous Low-Profile Vessel off the coast of Naval Base Point Loma, Calif., on June 13, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sergeant Patrick King)

Unmanned Naval Fleet Bolsters Marine Corps Force Design in Pacific

Blue Water Autonomy's Liberty Class autonomous ships are poised to revolutionize Marine Corps Expeditionary Advanced Base...

General Dan Caine and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listen as President Donald J. Trump oversees Operation Epic Fury at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, FL, March 1, 2026. (White House photo by Daniel Torok)

Strike on Iranian Frigate Triggers Debate Over Law, Morality and Congressional Authority

A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters. Whether the strike was justified, whether survivors should...

Air Force News

US Begins Large Military Drill with South Korea While Waging War in the Middle East

The allies’ combined exercise comes amid South Korean media speculation that Washington is relocating some assets from South...

Left Face Down in the Mud: How an Air Force Veteran, Amputee Found Hope

A life-changing injury and having to raise three kids alone made Jason Morgan more resolute in the long run.

Space Force News

After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life

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A Vulcan rocket carrying the USSF-87 mission successfully launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Feb. 12, 2026. (U.S. Space Force photo by Staff Sergeant Samuel Becker)

The Ultimate High Ground: Space in US Defense Strategy

The 2026 Defense Strategy elevates space as the new high ground. In an exclusive interview, Stephen Kitay explains how AI and...

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Unmanned Naval Fleet Bolsters Marine Corps Force Design in Pacific

Blue Water Autonomy's Liberty Class autonomous ships are poised to revolutionize Marine Corps Expeditionary Advanced Base...

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The allies’ combined exercise comes amid South Korean media speculation that Washington is relocating some assets from South...

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U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer Tyler Jaggers

A Wedding Proposal and a Promotion Honored a Coast Guardsman Before He Died of Injuries From Mission

The Coast Guard awarded Tyler Jaggers the Distinguished Flying Cross, one of the highest military awards for heroism.

A U.S. Coast Guard 36-foot Special Purpose Craft-Training (SPC-T) boat maneuvers in front of the USCG Cutter Fredrick Mann (WPC1160) in Women's Bay during ARCTIC EDGE 2026 (AE26) at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak in Kodiak, Alaska, Feb. 27, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thirteen Bahizi)

Coast Guard Bidding Process For New Facility Was a 'Formality': Lawmaker

A U.S. congressman told Military.com that the Coast Guard's bid process was just a "formality" and not transparent.

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