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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FILE - This is a Jan. 8, 2015 file photo of U.S. Air Force Base, RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk Eastern England. (Chris Radburn/PA File, via AP)

US Troops Fire on 'Trespass' Vehicle at RAF Base in Britain

British police said the security breach was being treated as an act of "trespass" and not terrorism.

Sen. McCain moves through the U.S. Capitol in a wheelchair November 30, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

McCain Says He's 'Feeling Well' in Battle With Brain Cancer

Sen. John McCain sent out a Tweet Monday saying that he was "feeling well" and planned to return to the Senate after the...

President Trump lays out a national security strategy that envisions nations in perpetual competition, reverses warnings on climate change, and de-emphasizes multinational agreements, in Washington, Dec. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump Touts New Security Strategy as Congress Warns of Costs

President Donald Trump set forth Monday a new national security strategy to put "America first."

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson. U.S. Navy official file photo

CNO Talks Up Military Options Against North Korea

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson also voiced no objection to South Korea's plan to develop a nuclear sub.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks about evidence of Iran’s destabilizing activities in the Middle East at Joint Base Anacostia-Boling Dec. 14, 2017. (DoD/EJ Hersom)

UN Ambassador Haley Puts Iranian Terror Weapons on Display

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3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division stages their vehicles after crossing into Poland from Germany after conducting a three-day convoy, Jan. 12, 2017. (U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Tarr)

NATO Allies Still Block US Convoy Movements in Europe

Getting around in Europe is still a problem, two Army brigade commanders said Wednesday.

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt approaches a 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker to get more fuel over Afghanistan on Aug. 2, 2012. Staff Sgt. Alexandria Mosness

A-10s May Return to Afghanistan to Bolster Air Campaign

A-10 Thunderbolts could be sent back to Afghanistan to bolster the air campaign.

U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis speaks with a group of service members during his visit to Train Advise Assist Command East, September 27, 2017. (U.S. Army photo/Sgt. 1st Class Randall Pike)

Mattis' Former Colleague Warns Against Rush to War With North Korea

A think tank colleague of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has warned against war with North Korea.

In this Sunday, June 11, 2017, file photo, Equality March for Unity and Pride participants march past the White House in Washington. Carolyn Kaster/AP

Trump Administration Appeals Court Order Allowing Transgender Recruits

The motions argued that moving ahead on transgender recruits would "place extraordinary burdens on our armed forces."

An Oshkosh Defense mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle All-Terrain Vehicle (MAT-V) bumps across ruts in the off-road portion of the master driver training course at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on Nov. 8, 2017. Spc. Elizabeth White/Army

US Service Member Killed, 2 Injured in Afghan 'Vehicle Incident'

A U.S. service member was killed and two others were injured yesterday in a non-combat incident in Afghanistan.

Judge Allows Military to Accept Transgender Recruits Beginning Jan. 1

It was not immediately clear whether the Trump administration would appeal the ruling.

President Trump listens as 98-year-old Navy veteran Mickey Ganitch belts out the song "Remember Pearl Harbor" at the White House on Dec. 7. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

Pearl Harbor Vet, 98, Shows Trump How It Was Done

Mickey Ganitch was getting ready for a football game when bombs started falling at Pearl Harbor.

If Government Shuts Down, 'No One Gets Paid,' DoD Comptroller Says

All military personnel, including troops in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, would go without pay in the event of a shutdown.

The battleship USS West Virginia engulfed in flames and smoke during the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Photo via the Department of Veterans Affairs

Pearl Harbor Ship Logs Memorialize Start of World War II

Ships logs from Pearl Harbor tell of ice cream deliveries and the beginning of battle.

FILE -- Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and President Donald Trump at the Pentagon following a meeting of the National Security Council in Washington, D.C., July 20, 2017. (DOD/U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro)

Mattis Warned Recognition of Jerusalem as Capital Could Spur Unrest

President Donald Trump declared Jerusalem Israel's capital despite the concerns of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.

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