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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Harriotte B. Smith Library at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

Troop Pay Could Be Delayed Under Elon Musk-Inspired Government Shutdown

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A vintage American jeep is parked during the 80th commemoration of the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, Belgium.

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Lt. Cmdr. Everett Alvarez Jr., a former POW for 8 1/2 years in North Vietnam, waves to joyous well-wishers during a parade in his honor in his hometown of Santa Clara, Calif., March 25, 1973.

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A hiring sign is displayed at a retail store in Schaumburg, Ill., July 10, 2024.

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78-year-old Vietnam War veteran, who is homeless, looks at his smartphone

Court-Mandated Plan Forcing the VA to House 3,000 Homeless Vets in Los Angeles on Hold

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Modular housing for homeless veterans in Los Angeles

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Veterans Day parade in Sacramento, California

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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

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

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

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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...

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