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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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...

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

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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

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

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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

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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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Veteran Jobless Rate a Bright Spot as Outlook on Federal Jobs, Economy Turns Grim

The labor market flexed its enduring strength in the latest jobs report Friday as the economy added 228,000 jobs in March and...

Fired Veterans Call Widespread Trump and Musk Federal Job Cuts a Betrayal of Their Service

Veterans who were fired from the federal workforce in the wave of the Trump administration job cuts called their dismissals a...

A help-wanted sign is displayed in a storefront in Bedford, N.Y.

Unemployment Rate for Veterans Ticks Down as Trump Touts Boost in Manufacturing Jobs

The unemployment rate for veterans ticked down from 4.2% to 4.1% in February despite the Trump administration's push for...

Retired 4-Star Officers Join Suit to House Homeless Veterans at California VA Medical Center

Adm. William McRaven and two other retired four-star officers have joined a lawsuit to force the Department of Veterans...

80th anniversary of the Liberation of Manila at Manila American Cemetery

Battle of Manila 80th Anniversary: Reclusive Son of Gen. Douglas MacArthur Makes Rare Statement

The reclusive only child of five-star Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur made a rare public statement to honor the Americans and...

Active-duty US military personnel sieving woodland soil for human remains

Airmen's Search for Remains Recalls Top Secret WWII Mission to Turn Planes into Flying Bombs

U.S. airmen in England assisted with an archaeological dig aimed at finding the remains of an Army pilot lost there during...

Vietnam veteran takes a rubbing of those he fought with in Vietnam.

40 Years Later, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Stands as Lasting Statement on War and Remembrance

Vietnam Veterans Memorial has become the most visited memorial in Washington and maintains its iconic grip on the national...

Hiring sign is displayed at a Chipotle restaurant in Schaumburg, Ill

Unemployment Rate for Veterans Spiked More than a Percentage Point to 4.2% in January

The first jobs report of President Donald Trump's second term Friday showed a troubling rise in the unemployment rate for all...

Check point leading to the damage zone of the Eaton Fire

Homeless Vets Evacuated from VA Shelters to Avoid LA Fires Return to Uncertain Future

LA has been gripped by historic wildfires fueled by seasonal winds since last week, with the blazes destroying 4 square miles...

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