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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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230923-N-NO450-1650 MADISON, Wis., (Sept. 23, 2023) – The University of Illinois Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Color Guard participates in a competition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Fall Invitational, Sept. 23. The University of Wisconsin-Madison unit hosted four other NROTC units on their campus. The invitational has been an annual autumn event for 50 years. (U. S. Navy photos by Midshipman 1st Class Ezra Chiou and Midshipman 3rd Class Quinn Bennett/Released)

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Photo by: Scott Thornbloom

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Resolution: 2100x2100
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Location: MADISON, Wis.
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