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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The U.S. Navy’s future littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) launches sideways into the Menominee River in Marinette, Wisc., following its christening by ship sponsor Sharla Tester. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin/Released)

New Law Restricts the Navy to 35 Littoral Combat Ships

The National Defense Authorization Act signed last week prevents the service from funding more LCSs.

US Forces Ready for Any 'Christmas Gift' from North Korea, Top General Says

Tensions on the Korean peninsula are building once again.

Army soldiers unload humanitarian aid supplies in Afghanistan.

The 2,300 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan Did Not Die in Vain, Joint Chiefs Chairman Says

Milley said the sacrifices had kept the Taliban and other insurgent groups at bay and prevented another "9/11" attack.

Hunter Cannon, left, speaks during the funeral service for his best friend U.S. Navy Airmen Apprentice Cameron Walters at the Compassion Christian Church in Savannah, Ga., Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. (Stephen B. Morton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Pentagon Announces Plans to Monitor Foreign Trainees' Social Media Posts

Some 850 Saudi students were subject to additional screenings after a deadly mass shooting.

Cadets from the United States Military Academy march onto the field before the 2019 Army-Navy Game in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 14, 2019. (U.S. Army photo/Dana Clarke)

SecDef Weighs in on Army-Navy Game Hand Gesture Controversy

Lawmakers are calling for accountability in the matter.

Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper speaks to reporters aboard a government aircraft, after concluding a trip to Belgium and Luxembourg for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, Dec. 16, 2019. (DoD photo/Lisa Ferdinando)

Troops Could Shift from Afghanistan to Pacific in Drawdown, Pentagon Chief Says

Defense Secretary Mark Esper confirmed the U.S. was actively considering a drawdown of about 4,000 troops in Afghanistan.

Congress Wants the Pentagon to Make a Plan to Close All Remaining Burn Pits

The Defense Department would have to come up with a plan to close remaining burn pits under the defense policy bill.

The U.S. Capitol building. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

'Bad Paper' Discharges Would Get Final Pentagon Review in Defense Bill

A defense bill would allow for a final review of upgrades of "bad paper" discharges.

This undated photo provided by the FBI shows Mohammed Alshamrani. The Saudi student opened fire inside a classroom at Naval Air Station Pensacola before one of the deputies killed him. (FBI via AP)

Saudi Officer Who Killed 3 at Pensacola Had Passed Rigorous Vetting, DoD Says

The screening apparently failed to turn up Alshamrani's exposure to jihadist ideology before coming to the U.S.

Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, center, and Navy Adm. Michael Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations, look on as an Air Force carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Navy Seaman Mohammed Sameh Haitham, of St. Petersburg, Fla., Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. A Saudi gunman killed three people including Haitham in a shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Posthumous Promotions for Enlisted Sailors Killed In Pensacola Shootings

Navy leaders called the move "right and fitting."

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, alongside NATO and multi-national partners, conduct sustained airborne training at Rhine Ordnance Barracks before executing a joint forcible entry into Hohenfels Training Area, Germany Sept. 17, 2019. (U.S. Army/ Sgt. Henry Villarama)

Esper Calls for Major Expansion of Foreign Military Training Programs

Defense Secretary Mark Esper wants to boost the number of foreign nationals training alongside U.S. troops by 50%.

Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Jonathan Rath Hoffman and Vice Director of the Joint Staff Rear Adm. William D. Byrne Jr. hold a joint press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Dec. 12, 2019. (DoD photo/James K. Lee)

Pentagon Pushes Back on Report that Military Lied About Progress in Afghanistan

A Pentagon spokesman took issue with a Washington Post series on the failure to make progress in the Afghanistan war.

A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade fires an FGM-148 Javelin shoulder-fired anti-tank missile during a combined arms live-fire exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, August 21, 2019. (U.S. Army photo/Henry Villarama)

Ukraine Has Received US Javelin Missiles, NATO Commander Says

NATO's commander declined to say whether the missiles had made it to Ukraine's front lines yet.

Gen. Tod D. Wolters, commander of U.S. European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, speaks at the Florence American Cemetery Memorial Day event in Florence, Italy on May 27, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo/Caleb House)

Russia Has Stopped Buzzing US Ships and Aircraft in Europe, General Says

Gen. Tod Wolters credits the pause to a recent "deconfliction dialogue."

Defense Budget Would Allow Pentagon to Pay Military Medical Malpractice Claims

Advocates are hailing it as a partial victory over the longstanding "Feres Doctrine."

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