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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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NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia (Sept. 2, 2020) U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force - Darwin and members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) conduct a shore-to-shore movement of vehicles, equipment and personnel during exercise Koolendong 20 in Northern Territory, Australia, Sept. 2, 2020. A civilian contracted barge was used to better simulate real-world conditions in order to deliver military humanitarian aid. Koolendong will exercise the Marine Corps' and ADF's ability to conduct a range of crisis response and contingency operations in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Natalie Greenwood)

VIRIN: 200902-M-XF490-2012.JPG
Photo by: Lance Cpl. Natalie Greenwood

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Location: NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia
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