The Defense Department today issued guidance for employees if Congress does not pass a continuing resolution before midnight on Sept. 30, notifying some civilian employees that they will be furloughed. All Active Duty military personnel and civilians deemed necessary will continue to work in normal duty status, but will not be paid until Congress can pass the funds to compensate them for the work, according to the memo from Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work. It will be up to the service Secretaries and the heads of Defense Department components to determine who needs to work on a normal duty status, the memo states. The department will remain focused on the continued war in Afghanistan, operations against ISIS, preparations for oncoming deployments, and other operations necessary during a shutdown, the memo states. However, other activities, including temporary duty travel, will be shut down with limited exceptions. Individual chains of command will reach out to employees with more detail before Oct. 1. The Air Force furloughed thousands of employees during a 2013 shut down, a move officials said had “extreme disruptions” on ongoing missions.
Dick Cheney’s Legacy with the Air Force
Nov. 6, 2025
Dick Cheney, who died Nov. 3 at 84, is best remembered by most Americans as among the most powerful Vice Presidents in history, a consummate Washington insider who had previously served in the Nixon administration, was Chief of Staff for President Gerald Ford, a Congressman for a decade, and Secretary…
