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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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

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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)

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Hiring sign is displayed at a Chipotle restaurant in Schaumburg, Ill

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Poll workers wait to escort voters to the polling booths in Columbus

163,000 Veterans and Military Family Members Fall In for Poll Worker Duty on Election Day

The number recruited from the military community for poll worker duty this year far exceeds the 63,500 veterans and family...

VA Must Start Building 750 Temporary Units for Homeless Vets on Los Angeles Land, Judge Says

Federal district Judge David O. Carter made clear that his main purpose in ordering how the VA's property should be used was...

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The unemployment rate for the generation of veterans who served after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks fell by a full...

U.S. Army soldiers carrying a man on a stretcher during Vietnam War

'No Hesitation': Vietnam's Lifesaving 'Dustoff' Medevac Crews to Get Congressional Gold Medal

To honor those who flew more than 496,000 Army medevac missions from May 1962 through March 1973, the House last week passed...

Homeless man walks along a street lined with trash in downtown Los Angeles

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The class-action suit was filed in November 2022 by the nonprofit Public Counsel law firm on behalf of 14 unhoused 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...

Hiring sign is displayed outside of a retail store

Unemployment Rate for Female Veterans Spikes to 7% in Latest Jobs Report

The unemployment rate for female veterans rose to 7% in August while the rate for all veterans bumped up to 3.5% -- even as...

Housing Agency Scraps Catch-22-Type Rule That Kept Disabled Homeless Vets from Receiving Rent Vouchers

Homeless veterans who were wounded, injured or became sick during their time in uniform will no longer have their disability...

Ukrainian soldiers from the 3rd Spartan Task Force Brigade

US, NATO Allies Work to 'Trump-Proof' Ukraine Support Amid Presidential Race Shake-Up

The term "Trump-proofing" has become a common expression among pundits, academics and reporters amid the rising questions...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin welcomes NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

NATO Chief Sidesteps Questions on Biden's Fitness to Lead Alliance Against Putin

The summit was expected to focus on shoring up support for Ukraine, but will now have as a backdrop the implications of Biden...

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

The case of Army 1st Lt. Nathan B. Baskind was unique in the annals of the more than 73,000 U.S. service members still listed...

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