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

Unemployment Rate for Veterans Spiked More than a Percentage Point to 4.2% in January

The first jobs report of President Donald Trump's second term Friday showed a troubling rise in the unemployment rate for all...

Check point leading to the damage zone of the Eaton Fire

Homeless Vets Evacuated from VA Shelters to Avoid LA Fires Return to Uncertain Future

LA has been gripped by historic wildfires fueled by seasonal winds since last week, with the blazes destroying 4 square miles...

Hot spots at a home burned by the Palisades Fire

Homeless Vets and Nursing Home Patients Evacuated from West Los Angeles VA to Escape Wildfires

More than 100 mostly homeless veterans were evacuated from temporary shelters on the sprawling grounds of the West Los...

A hiring sign is displayed in Arlington Heights, Ill.

Veterans Still on a Roll in Jobs Market with Low Unemployment Rate of 2.8% in December

Veterans in the workforce posted another solid showing in the final monthly jobs report of the Biden administration with a 2...

Then-1st Lt. Richard Cavazos in a jeep in the 1950s at then-Fort Hood

Medals of Honor Awarded to 5 Soldiers from Korean War and 2 from Vietnam

In his opening remarks at the White House ceremony, Biden said the Medal of Honor recipients epitomized the American ideal...

Harriotte B. Smith Library at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

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

The potential loss of pay in the midst of the holiday season was looming Thursday after plans negotiated by Republicans and...

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

101st Airborne Division Troops Return to Bastogne to Mark 80th Anniversary of Battle of the Bulge

The siege of Bastogne was lifted on Dec. 26, 1944, when a tank column from the 4th Armored Division of then-Lt. Gen. George...

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.

Highest Award Congress Can Bestow Going to Revered Vietnam POW Everett Alvarez

A Vietnam prisoner of war who spent years in captivity in the prison camp they dubbed the Hanoi Hilton and whose story was...

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

Veterans Lead the Way in Robust Labor Market with Low Jobless Rate of 2.8%

The unemployment rate for all veterans in November stood at a low 2.8% in another sign that veterans continue to excel in a...

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

In a bitter statement responding to the 9th Circuit's grant of the stay one of the pro-bono lawyers representing the homeless...

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

The nation prepared Friday for a weekend of events honoring those who wore the uniform, culminating in the Nov. 11...

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)

Live Election Updates: Trump Wins, Senate Flips

Former President Donald Trump secured enough electoral college votes to return to the White House, and there are plenty of...

Veteran Employment Rate Remains Strong Even as Hurricane Fallout Batters Job Growth

The 2.8% jobless rate for veterans in October once again was better than the 4.1% rate for the general population, but the...

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...

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