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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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Lt. Derek Simons, a student at Naval Submarine School in the Submarine Officer Advanced Course, shovels old soil before planting new plants outside of Naval Submarine Base (SUBASE) New London. The Simons’ started a beautification project on base after seeing trash and the need for improvement in certain areas. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist Seaman Jimmy Ivy III/Released)

VIRIN: 210417-N-EJ843-0036.JPG
Photo by: Seaman Jimmy Ivy

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Location: GROTON, Conn.
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