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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Push to Fix ‘Bad Paper’ Discharges and Save Troops-to-Teachers Program Underway

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The third class of the HERO Corps graduates.

Disabled Veterans Wage Fight Against Child Porn and Exploitation

Former Navy corpsman Redmond Ramos built a successful career in civilian life, but the sense of mission he felt in the...

Veterans Day Parades Make a Comeback, But COVID Is Still Holding Some Cities Off

Veterans Day will be different again this year in a nation still battling to escape the grip of a pandemic.

Storm clouds shroud the downtown skyline Tampa, Florida

The Best Places for Veterans to Live? Try Tampa, but Avoid Detroit, Survey Finds

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On Vietnam War Veterans Day, Vets Turn Out For Buddies Who Didn't Return

The theme for National Vietnam Veterans Day was honor and remembrance of those who didn't come home.

Airman removes stitches from an Afghan refugee

9,000 Afghan Refugees Have Left Military Bases for New Homes with Aid from Vets Groups

About 5,800 of the 9,000 Afghans were resettled away from the eight military "safe havens" nationwide with the support of the...

Gen. Colin Powell testifies on Capitol Hill in 1991

Colin Powell RIP, and Forever Hold the Sauerkraut

"Powell mixed an innate sense of fierce pride with a sometimes self-deprecating attitude that communicated an air of...

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The U.S. unemployment rate for veterans held steady in September at 3.6% amid the second consecutive month of poor job growth...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies during Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

Generals Were Blindsided by the Afghan Army's Big Quit, But Enlisted Troops Saw it Coming

Rep. Ruben Gallego wanted to know why U.S. intelligence appeared to be clueless on the lack of resistance put up by a U.S...

Navy sailor attends a free hiring event held for service members at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

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This is the first time since February 2020 that the unemployment rate for veterans has fallen below 4%.

Wounded U.S. Army soldiers are evacuated Kumchun area of South Korea

68 Years Later, Korea Peace Deal Still On Hold

Peace on the Korean peninsula is still on hold 68 years after the armistice.

Fallen US Bombardier's Bracelet Tells Story Of Secret Missions to Norway in Last Days of WWII

The crews were all sworn to secrecy and for years after the war never spoke of their experiences.

Supplies headed to Colorado veterans shelter

VA Warns of 'Dramatic Increase' in Homeless Veterans as Eviction Moratorium Ends

The VA and the Department of Housing and Urban Development are bracing for the end of the moratorium on June 30.

Advocates Fear a Huge Surge of Homeless Veterans as Pandemic Effects Become Clear

The Department of Veterans Affairs is intensifying efforts to end veteran homelessness after three years of no progress.

Soldiers conduct modified military funeral honors in Arlington National Cemetery.

Frequent Military Funeral Duty May Increase Soldiers' Risk of Suicide, Officer Warns

The Army is taking seriously a captain's warning that soldiers assigned to military funeral duty are at risk of suicide.

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