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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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GREAT LAKES, Ill. (May 27, 2021) Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class Robert Copeland III and his wife Crystal poses with Rear Adm. Pete Garvin, commander, Naval Education and Training Command and Force Master Chief Matthew Harris during an award ceremony where Copeland was selected as the 2020 NETC Sailor of the Year. Fifteen finalists for SOY serving throughout the MyNavy HR Force Development domain rose through a number of competitions to represent the top achievers in recruiting and training from a pool of more than 4,490 military members. (U.S. Navy photo by Matt Mogle/Released)

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Photo by: Cmdr. Brian Wierzbicki

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