Port Arthur, Texas, Native Concludes 37 Years of Naval Service

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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.
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Port Arthur, Texas, Native Concludes 37 Years of Naval Service

Capt. Cliff Collins, Jr., a native of Port Arthur, Texas, walks through sideboys during his retirement ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum on Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, Dec. 19, 2024. Collins retired from the U.S. Navy after 37 years of faithful service.

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Location: PENSACOLA, Fla.

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