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Belmont University students and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District park rangers at J. Percy Priest Lake pose with trash collected during a lake cleanup event Aug. 22, 2016. It was a recognized National Public Lands Day event.

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.