Overview

• Service members continue essential duties and face a missed Oct. 15 paycheck unless Congress restores funding, with backpay to follow once the shutdown ends.
• Navy leaders say shipbuilding and maintenance proceed under legal exceptions, with public shipyards and Military Sealift Command operating as essential personnel work without immediate pay.
• Working-capital funds offer limited runway, keeping commissaries open for about 60 days and sustaining some maintenance activities for only weeks.
• DoDEA schools remain open as sports and extracurriculars are paused, and childcare and other base services vary by installation.
• The White House discussed potential workforce cuts, with President Donald Trump meeting budget director Russ Vought and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying layoffs were “imminent.”