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Lapse in Appropriations: The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Sept. 30, 2025.
Military personnel will continue in normal duty status, without pay, until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status.
For more information please refer to the following link:

https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/display-news/Article/4319360/fy26-lapse-of-appropriations-department-of-the-navy-resources-for-sailors-marin/
 

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190417-N-CB398-020 NEWPORT, R.I. (April. 17, 2019) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Russell Smith speaks to students of the U.S. Navy Senior Enlisted Academy (SEA), Class 222, about the need for the Navy to shift its focus in training toward great power competition at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island, April 17, 2019. The SEA is the Navy's only professional military education institution dedicated to senior enlisted personnel that develops agile, adaptive military professionals who inspire their teams to perform at higher levels. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Allan/Released)

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Photo by: MC2 Zachary Allan

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Location: Newport, Rhode Island
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