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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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis welcomes Netherlands Minister of Defense Ank Bijleveld to the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, April 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Mattis Mum on Whether Trump 'Telegraphing' US Response in Syria

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the U.S. was still assessing the intelligence on the alleged chemical attack in Syria.

German frigate Hessen (F221) during “Kiel Week,” June 16th, 2007. (Rebell18190/Wikimedia Commons)

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The Hessen and the Royal Norwegian Navy frigate Roald Amundsen arrived in Norfolk in January to train with the Truman.

ASV unmanned marine systems’ 18-foot, 57-horsepower CW-5, or C-Worker. (Image: ASV)

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 9, 2018, at the start of a meeting with military leaders. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump Pulls Out of Peru Summit, Signals Imminent Action on Syria

The U.S. may launch a military response to the recent chemical attack.

General Dynamics Mission Systems' "Knifefish" at the Sea-Air-Space 2018 exposition. (Richard Sisk/Military.com)

General Dynamics' 'Knifefish' to Give Mine Detection Capability to LCS

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The Navy's high-speed experimental boat Stiletto is seen here in a screen grab from a video taken at the Sea-Air-Space Expo, National Harbor, Md., April 9, 2018. (Ho Lin/Military.com)

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The U.S. Navy launched a total of 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles against a Syrian airfield around 4:40 a.m. April 7 (local time) in response to the Syrian government's chemical weapons attack against civilians. (U.S. Defense Department photo)

Could US Deploy Tomahawks in Response to New Chemical Attack?

Navy Tomahawk missile strikes were used in response to a Syrian chemical attack last year.

In this June 3, 2011, file photo, the Pentagon is seen from air from Air Force One. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon Gets New Cloud Tech Chief Amid Trump's Feud With Amazon

Dana Deasy, former CIO for the J.P. Morgan investment bank, is expected to start at the Defense Department in early May.

Trump Wants Up to 4,000 Troops at Border; Pentagon Looking for Answers

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The U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron Thunderbirds practice their performance over Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, for the "Wings Over the Pacific" open house Sept. 18, 2009. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

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The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the ninth Boeing-built Wideband Global SATCOM satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, March 17, 2017. (Courtesy photo/ United Launch Alliance)

'Space Force' Idea Isn't Dead, Intel Chief Says

The U.S. is still mulling creation of a "Space Force," Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said Wednesday.

FILE - In this June 21, 2006, file photo, members of the California National Guard work next to the U.S.-Mexico border fence Wednesday, June 21, 2006, near the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)

National Guard Headed to Mexican Border Once Governors Approve

National Guard troops will be sent to help patrol the southern border in lieu of the border wall.

A U.S. soldier walks on a newly installed position, near the tense front line between the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council and the Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

US Troops to Leave Syria Once Last ISIS Remnants Defeated: White House

The White House said the U.S. troop presence in Syria is coming to a "rapid end."

In this picture taken on Thursday, March 29, 2018, a fighter, second from right, of U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council stands next to U.S. humvee at a U.S. troop's outpost on a road leading to the front line between Syrian Manbij Military Council fighters and Turkish-backed fighters, at Halawanji village, north of Manbij town, Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

It's Official: US Has Made Decision on Syria Pullout

President Trump has made a decision on whether to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria that will be disclosed in the coming days.

FILE PHOTO -- President Donald Trump discusses current military operations with Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command Commander, at MacDill, AFB, FL, Feb. 6, 2017. (DoD/D. Myles Cullen)

Trump Argues for Pulling Out of Syria as CENTCOM Chief Pushes to Stay

Gen. Joseph Votel wants to keep U.S. troops in Syria; President Donald Trump wants them out.

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