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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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NEWPORT, R.I. (Dec. 8, 2022) Capt. Brian Mutty, commanding officer, Surface Warfare Schools Command (SWSC), passes through sideboys exiting the Department Head Class 269 graduation ceremony at SWSC on Naval Station Newport, Dec. 8, 2022. The SWSC Department Head Course is the cornerstone of a surface warfare officer's (SWO) tactical education in their naval career. Upon the conclusion of the graduation ceremony, Department Head Class 269 will take the knowledge back to the fleet, where they will teach the next generation of SWOs. These career naval professionals are part of a long tradition of 60 years of excellence at SWSC, previously known as Surface Warfare Officers School Command. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Derien C. Luce)

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Photo by: Petty Officer 2nd Class Derien Luce

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