Colonel Bigelow Promotion
Thomas P. Bostick, USACE Commanding General and Chief of Engineers, administers the oath office to Colonel Benjamin Bigelow, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Deputy Commander, during a promotion ceremony October 8, 2015 at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA.

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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 exempted or excepted activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status.