Boat safety
Park Rangers Spencer Taylor (Front) and John Malone, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, take a boat out on Martins Fork Lake in Smith, Ky., May 25, 2011. Both rangers are participating in a one-year training program that will prepare them for permanent assignments as park rangers in the Nashville District. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)

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.