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The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on September 30, 2025. Military personnel will continue in a 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 activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status.”

        

A C-17 aircraft delivers cargo over a drop zone.
A C-17 aircraft dropping small cargo packages in the air.
A C-17 aircraft approaches a drop zone with an Airman in the foreground.
Cargo with parachutes approach land.
A C-17 aircraft delivers cargo in a drop zone.
A C-17 aircraft delivers cargo in a drop zone.