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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NATO observers attending BOLTZMANN Event detonation at Nevada Test Site

The Overlooked Legacy of Workers and 'Downwinders' Who Were Harmed by Race to Build First Atomic Bomb

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Soldiers move the remains of an service member MIA from the Korean War

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U.S. Air Force cadets march to lunch at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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sign attracts job-seekers during a job fair

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56 Vietnam-Era MPs Receive Bronze Stars Amid Army Review of Past Honors

Maj. Gen. Thomas Drew said that the Army is conducting a major review and records search to determine whether other troops...

POW/MIA patches sit on a table during a POW/MIA ceremony

US Now Aiding Vietnam in Finding the Country's Missing in Action from Past Conflict Between the Two

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spouses wait at the Naval Air Station, Miramar for repatriated Marine prisoners of war to arrive

50 Years Later, Vietnam Veterans Finally Get Official Tribute to Their Service and Sacrifice

For three days last week, the government sought to make up for decades of neglect with a series of events on the National...

'You Can't Let These Bastards Go': WWII Army Sgt. Ben Ferencz's Life Finding Justice

In the spring of 1947, former Army sergeant and now Nuremberg prosecutor Ben Ferencz pleaded with his boss to add one more...

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In the latest of a string of positive reports, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' report showed that the unemployment rate for...

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veteran Employment Services Office (VESO) hosts a hiring fair

Disabled Vets Post Stunning Job Gains as Economy Remains Hot Despite Inflation

Employment numbers suggest that veterans have taken advantage of a robust economy fueled by the easing of the COVID-19...

Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, U.S. Army Pacific commanding general speaks with a Soldier currently training on the Gulkana Glacier near Black Rapids, Alaska, March 10, 2015. (Sean Callahan/US Army)

US Army in Alaska Braces for Cuts of Up to 2,000 Soldiers

U.S. Army Alaska will use a troop exercise next month as leverage to limit projected troop cuts.

The Department of Veterans Affairs hosts a Veteran Career Fair.

Huge Hiring Burst in January of 517,000 Jobs Brings Down Vets' Unemployment Rate to 2.8%

Veterans groups said the takeaway from the BLS report was a plus for veterans going forward despite fears of a recession in...

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 event for service members, veterans and dependents at Pearl Harbor.

Veterans Gain and Hold Onto Jobs at Record Pace as Labor Market Shows Resilience

The jobs market for veterans and all Americans is still strong, with another 261,000 hires added in October.

Former Afghan Air Force attack pilot Samimullah Samim is at the controls of his scout plane in a new job tracking Pacific Northwest wildfires.

Afghan Pilot Who Bombed the Taliban Now Flying Recon to Combat US Wildfires

With the support of a U.S. veterans group, former Afghan Air Force (AAF) Maj. Samimullah Samim earned U.S. flight...

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