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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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200228-N-IK959-2770 ZION, Ill. (Feb. 28, 2020) Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets from Zion High School and Proviso East perform curl-ups during the 2020 Navy Junior ROTC Area 3 West Regional Academic, Athletic and Drill competition at the Leisure Center in Zion, Illinois. More than 400 cadets from 16 NJROTC and Navy National Defense Cadet Corps (NNDCC) units in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Nebraska participated in the two-day annual event. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Thornbloom/Released)

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Photo by: Scott A. Thornbloom

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Location: Zion , Ill.
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