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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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

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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

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

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Veterans meet with small business representatives.

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veterans career fair at Moody Air Force Base

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An Army flight media cares for a seriously wounded Marine on board a medevac helicopter.

Cost Estimate for Global War on Terrorism Memorial Balloons to $100 Million

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Veterans and service members speak with business representatives about job opportunities at a job fair.

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Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems display near Belgrade, Serbia

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Ghost Robotics Vision 60 prototype Advanced Battle Management System exercise

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Dr. Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics gave no timeline for deliveries.

Hollyanne Milley, spouse of the Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Mark Milley.

Hollyanne Milley, Wife of Joint Chiefs Chairman, Saves Veteran's Life at Arlington

"I just saw legs laying there," said Milley, a registered nurse. She rushed to help and found the man unresponsive.

George S. Patton stands in front of a Renault FT light tank at Bourg, France in 1918. He was promoted to colonel on Oct. 17 of that year, after being wounded while leading six men and a tank in an attack on German machine guns near the town of Cheppy. (US Army photo)

Legendary General Patton Hated Peace So Much, He Wrote a Poem About It

George S. Patton described the celebration at the end of World War I as the "cruel glee of the weak."

Looking south along the Niche Wall at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Tim1965/Wikimedia)

Arlington Wall Speaks to Ages Through 'Terms of Endearment'

The wall for cremated veterans' remains at Arlington National Cemetery speak to generations to come.

Korean War Medal of Honor recipient Robert E. Simanek.

Medal of Honor Recipient Robert Simanek Dies at 92

Simanek's death leaves only two surviving MoH recipients from the Korean War.

Lawrence Johnston with the Fat Man plutonium core on Tinian in 1945.

Meet the Only Man to Witness All 3 WWII Atomic Bomb Blasts

As the nation remembers the anniversary of Japan's capitulation on Aug. 15, 1945, Lawrence Johnston's story is unique.

Korean War Veterans Memorial's newly unveiled Wall of Remembrance.

More Than 43,000 Names -- US and Korean -- on New Wall of Remembrance at Korea War Memorial

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