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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Dignified transfer of remains of WWII vet Nathan Baskin

Remains of Jewish D-Day Soldier Lost for 80 Years in Nazi Mass Grave Will Be Buried in Normandy

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mushroom cloud of the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site near Alamagordo, N.M.

Bill to Compensate Radiation Fallout Victims of Atom Bomb Tests Allowed to Expire

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

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Lead isotope data architect with Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

Forensic Teams Work to Identify Remains of American POWs Killed in Tokyo Firebombing During World War II

The project has shed light on the long-ago deaths of service members killed in the U.S. push for a Japanese surrender during...

Former Army National Guard Spec. Donald Carey and his service dog “Jeep”

Homeless Vets Find Housing on Old Walter Reed Grounds, Regardless of Discharge Status

HELP USA has overseen the HELP Walter Reed Veteran Apartments project to convert the former Building 14, which used to house...

In May 1945, Army Staff Sgt. Horace Evers wrote a letter home on Adolf Hitler's personal stationery. (Image courtesy Chapman University's Center for American War Letters)

Before VE Day, This Soldier Wrote Home on Hitler's Stationery

The Million Letters Campaign seeks to find and preserve at least one million articles of correspondence from every U.S...

Trump Agrees to Meet Kim Jong-Un for Denuclearization Talks

President Donald Trump agreed to hold face-to-face peace talks with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.

This July 16, 1945, file photo shows the mushroom cloud of the first atomic explosion at the Trinity test site near Alamogordo, N.M. (AP File Photo)

The Forgotten Victims of the First Atomic Blast That ‘Oppenheimer’ Left Out May Finally Get Their Due

Robert Oppenheimer and the scientists he recruited to develop the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos were well aware of the...

Destroyer Fitzgerald Towed to Transport for Stateside Repair

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Trump Touts Military Pay Raise That Congress Has Yet to Pass

President Donald Trump promised that the military would be getting the largest pay raise in eight years.

Even if Talks Go Well, North Korea May Have Nukes for 15 More Years

A nuclear arms expert predicted North Korea's nuclear weapons systems and facilities could take years to dismantle.

Veteran Homeless Rate Drops 5 Percent Nationwide, Rises on West Coast

"It's not good enough, but it's better," VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said.

Could Tanks Still Make an Appearance in Trump's Military Parade?

A new proposal would give SecDef Mattis the final word on what appears in the parad

Troop Withdrawal on Table If Korea Peace Deal Is Solid: Mattis

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis addressed the peace talks Friday at the Pentagon.

Russia Sells Turkey Missiles It Claims Can Take Out F-35s

The $2.5 billion deal for "the Growler" was made this week.

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