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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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

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Check point leading to the damage zone of the Eaton Fire

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Hot spots at a home burned by the Palisades Fire

Homeless Vets and Nursing Home Patients Evacuated from West Los Angeles VA to Escape Wildfires

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A hiring sign is displayed in Arlington Heights, Ill.

Veterans Still on a Roll in Jobs Market with Low Unemployment Rate of 2.8% in December

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Then-1st Lt. Richard Cavazos in a jeep in the 1950s at then-Fort Hood

Medals of Honor Awarded to 5 Soldiers from Korean War and 2 from Vietnam

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Harriotte B. Smith Library at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

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A vintage American jeep is parked during the 80th commemoration of the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, Belgium.

101st Airborne Division Troops Return to Bastogne to Mark 80th Anniversary of Battle of the Bulge

The siege of Bastogne was lifted on Dec. 26, 1944, when a tank column from the 4th Armored Division of then-Lt. Gen. George...

Lt. Cmdr. Everett Alvarez Jr., a former POW for 8 1/2 years in North Vietnam, waves to joyous well-wishers during a parade in his honor in his hometown of Santa Clara, Calif., March 25, 1973.

Highest Award Congress Can Bestow Going to Revered Vietnam POW Everett Alvarez

A Vietnam prisoner of war who spent years in captivity in the prison camp they dubbed the Hanoi Hilton and whose story was...

A hiring sign is displayed at a retail store in Schaumburg, Ill., July 10, 2024.

Veterans Lead the Way in Robust Labor Market with Low Jobless Rate of 2.8%

The unemployment rate for all veterans in November stood at a low 2.8% in another sign that veterans continue to excel in a...

78-year-old Vietnam War veteran, who is homeless, looks at his smartphone

Court-Mandated Plan Forcing the VA to House 3,000 Homeless Vets in Los Angeles on Hold

In a bitter statement responding to the 9th Circuit's grant of the stay one of the pro-bono lawyers representing the homeless...

Modular housing for homeless veterans in Los Angeles

VA Touts Housing Homeless Vets in LA While Fighting Court Order to Build More Units

The Department of Veterans Affairs held a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week to open new apartments for homeless veterans on...

Veterans Day parade in Sacramento, California

Veterans Day Celebrations: Dog Tags, Parades to Represent Nation's Pride in Those Who Served

The nation prepared Friday for a weekend of events honoring those who wore the uniform, culminating in the Nov. 11...

A U.S. airman assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing in Swanton, Ohio, wears a voting sticker on Election Day 2016. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Shane Hughes)

Live Election Updates: Trump Wins, Senate Flips

Former President Donald Trump secured enough electoral college votes to return to the White House, and there are plenty of...

Veteran Employment Rate Remains Strong Even as Hurricane Fallout Batters Job Growth

The 2.8% jobless rate for veterans in October once again was better than the 4.1% rate for the general population, but the...

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