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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A soldier deposits funds into a safe in a finance office, Nov. 4, 2013, at Bagram Air Field, Parwan province, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army/Sgt. Sinthia Rosario)

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Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen M. Lord briefs the press

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PFC Floyd K Lindstrom VA Clinic coronavirus 3200

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South Dakota National Guard soldiers Grafenwoehr Training Area

22 House Republicans Urge Trump Not to Pull US Troops Out of Germany

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In this June 3, 2020 file photo members of the District of Columbia Army National Guard stand guard at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington securing the area as protests continue following the death of George Floyd, a who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. An Ohio National Guardsman was removed from policing protests in Washington D.C. after the FBI found he expressed white supremacist ideology online, Gov. Mike DeWine announced in a briefing Friday, June 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Bal

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Soldiers from the Utah National Guard load bags onto a KC-135R aircraft at Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base.

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley speaks to the media.

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President Trump and Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper bow their heads during an invocation.

White House Sidesteps Questions on Whether SecDef Will Keep Job

At a Pentagon briefing earlier, Esper said the Insurrection Act should only be used in dire emergencies.

Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis announces the National Defense Strategy at Johns Hopkins University.

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Mattis charged that President Donald Trump has failed in his duties to the Constitution and the American people.

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper participates in a virtual global town hall

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Esper broke his lengthy silence regarding the surge of protests nationwide following the May 25 death of George Floyd.

Demonstrators gather near the White House to protest the death of George Floyd.

Active-Duty Troops Not Welcome in DC, Mayor Says

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said that police took no part in what she called a "shameful" assault by the National Guard.

Headstone of a fallen German WWII POW at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery

VA Reverses Course, Will Remove Headstones with Nazi Symbols

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Members of California National Guard patrol, , May 31, 2020, in Los Angeles.

Army Vet Lawmaker: Invoke Insurrection Act, Deploy Active-Duty Troops to Riots

Tom Cotton said troops should "show no quarter" in putting down violent protests.

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