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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/
 

NSTC Commander Presents SOY Awards

220126-N-PW480-0032 GREATLAKES, Il. (Jan 26, 2022) Rear Adm. Jennifer Couture, commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC) (right); Capt. Jeffrey Sandin, commander, Recruit Training Command’s (RTC) (second from left); and RTC Command Master Chief Nicholas Wallace (left), pose for a photo with RTC Sailor of the Year (SOY) award winners at the National Museum of the American Sailor in Great Lakes, Il. Jan. 26. Couture and her NSTC staff, headquartered at Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill., support naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navy’s new officers and enlisted Sailors. This training includes the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) at more than 160 colleges and universities across the country, Officer Training Command (OTC) in Newport, Rhode Island, Recruit Training Command (RTC), the Navy’s only boot camp, as well as the Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) and Navy National Defense Cadet Corps (NNDCC) citizenship development program at more than 600 high schools worldwide. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nikita Custer)

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Photo by: Nikita Custer

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Location: National Museum of the American Sailor in Great Lakes, Ill
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