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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U.S. Coast Guard landing barge at Normandy, France during D-Dy invasion.

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Helicopter aboard the USS Blue Ridge pushed into the sea off the coast of Vietnam

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Colonial militia reenactors prior to the Boston Marathon

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Modular housing for homeless veterans in Los Angeles

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Hiring sign is displayed at a grocery store in Glenview, Ill.

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

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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

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