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News organizations including The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative Newsmax television network said Monday they will not sign a Defense Department document about its new press rules, making it likely the Trump administration will evict their reporters from the Pentagon. Those outlets say the policy threatens to punish them for routine news gathering protected by the First Amendment. The Washington Post, The Atlantic and Reuters on Monday also publicly joined the group that says it will not be signing.

Well, these decisions by the GOP have consequences, and some are already appearing. A video of military troops standing in long lines at a food pantry in Harker Heights, Texas has gone viral:

Can Trump pay the troops using Defense money, and does it require a House vote? Where are the funds coming from? Will the military actually get paid on Oct. 15? Here's what we know.

Many military families were struggling financially even before the shutdown, said Daniela Hines with Blue Star Families of America. "The younger generation of military families have less than $3,000 in savings and that comprises one-third of military families. So all of this financial instability is really impactful for them and causing a lot of angst," she said. Thank you trump...

Basically, Secretary of WAAH Pentagon Pete Hedgehog messed up once again. This person is unqualified for the position he was gifted... US announces it will allow Qatar to build an Air Force facility in Idaho JD Vance Completely Undercuts Pete Hedgehog on Qatar Military Base

US military veterans increasingly face arrest and injury amid protests over Donald Trump’s deportation campaign and his push to deploy national guard members to an ever-widening number of American cities. The Guardian has identified eight instances where military veterans have been prosecuted or sought damages after being detained by federal agents. The latest incident occurred in Broadview, outside Chicago, where 70-year old air force veteran Dana Briggs was charged with felony assault on a federal officer on 29 September.

With 2025 coming to a close in a couple months and the fiscal year just starting–despite a government shutdown– the United States Navy is once again pressed with the question of reevaluating its fleet. Each year, the Navy decides which ships are ready for retirement and which will continue to be part of the fleet. The Navy also adds new ships as a means to introduce new tech and replace the older vessels being retired or sold off

Let's remember the federal workers that will not get paid... WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense plans to siphon $8 billion in leftover fiscal 2025 research and development funding to ensure troops get a paycheck during the ongoing government shutdown, a department official said in a statement on Saturday.

Feed America - Search by zip If you can't find a foodbank or pantry in the list, just google "food bank" or "food pantry" in a search engine with your city's name. Example: Foodbank San Diego

Fingers crossed... House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that he would support a stand-alone bill to pay military personnel amid the shutdown. Speaking to reporters outside the Capitol, Jeffries urged House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who has canceled all House votes since Sept. 29, to call lawmakers back to Washington so they can ensure the troops are paid on schedule.

Meanwhile, as the government shutdown that could cause the lapse in pay persists, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service has clarified it needs two days’ worth of lead time to process military pay. That means Congress must act Monday or earlier in order to avoid a delay getting troops their checks. “If authority to pay is received by October 13, the military will be paid on time on October 15,” DFAS spokesperson Steve Burghardt said Friday. “If authority to pay is received after October 13, the military will be paid within two business days.”

A Navy wife and a veteran herself, Bailey was already making plans to not receive their paycheck on Wednesday, a fear that was threatening to become such a political liability that President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered the Defense Department to find other funds to ensure military pay continues next week.

Good time to contact your elected official... Thune and Johnson signaled that President Donald Trump’s White House may shift money around to pay troops. Still, their decision to pass up a vote on military pay — if they stick to it — is a risk for Republican leaders, who are facing rank-and-file pressure to ease the burden of the shutdown on US service members.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has directed the Defense Department to use “all available funds” to ensure U.S. troops are paid Wednesday despite the government shutdown. Trump said in a social media post that he was acting because “our Brave Troops will miss the paychecks they are rightfully due on October 15th.” No, he is doing this because it has become a political liability, he could care less about anyone's paycheck, just ask those who were let go by doge and those federal workers that he has said he is going to fire during this shutdown...

As he begins firing federal workers, as a tactic to get at politicians to act to his liking... The trump administration has, for now, ruled out Congress enacting a short-term fix to pay members of the military who risk going without a paycheck next week and is instead looking at other ways to address the issue.

The Barracks Task Force will be led by the Assistant Secretary of Waah for Energy, Installations and Environment. The team must develop an initial barracks plan within the next 30 days that will identify investment opportunities and create department-wide policies for barracks standards that will prioritize air and water quality for troops, according to the memo.

A series of upgrades and modernizations at Pearl Harbor are preparing the Honolulu Naval Base for all three hypersonic-armed Zumwalt-class destroyers and up to three hypersonic-armed Virginia-class nuclear attack submarines. The move is a significant relocation of the U.S. Navy’s hypersonic equipped combatant force for a potential war with China. A coordinated modernization effort is underway across Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam to bring the naval station up to spec for a large number of new ships and submarines that will homeport in Hawaii beginning in mid-2028. Construction efforts by NAFVAC at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam are preparing berth space and drydock capabilities to base and repair Zumwalt-class destroyers and Virginia-class attack submarines, according to several documents published by the service and viewed by Naval News.

There have been an average of 27 new measles cases reported each week since the end of August, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The annual total – now up to 1,563 cases since January – is the highest by a significant margin since measles was declared eliminated in the US a quarter-century ago.

Well this is a good one!

This one is shrouded in secrecy... A US Embassy naval officer died on the premises in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on October 2, 2025, and the cause of death remains unknown. Local police were blocked from investigating the incident due to diplomatic immunity, and the U.S. Embassy assumed control of the situation. The Embassy doctor confirmed the death, and the body was transported from the scene on October 4, 2025. However, the Trinidad & Tobago Guardian claims that the Navy Officer died by suicide. US Naval officer dies by suicide, local police not informed

This violent mentality is now starting to infect national guardsmen. In the long term this will have a negative effect on military members who have always had the support of citizens, but most likely no longer... An ICE agent pepper-sprayed a pastor, David Black, directly in his face; a group of agents seized a rabbi, Michael Ben Yosef, and brutally beat him. According to Adam Dzurko, a 23-year-old protester, ICE “dogpiled on [Yosef] like a football, punched him, threw him around like a rag doll, just tossing him around.” Yosef ended up in the emergency room. So, too, witnesses say, did an octogenarian woman who was simply holding up a protest sign. For that sin, agents pushed her to the ground, and she hit her head on the asphalt, cutting her head and arm. Fellow protesters scooped her up and rushed her to the hospital.

Gov. Kevin Stitt, the current chairman of the National Governors Association, broke with Texas, saying, “Oklahomans would lose their mind” if Illinois sent troops to their red state. Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, a Republican and the chairman of the National Governors Association, on Thursday criticized the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois as a violation of his beliefs in federalism and “states’ rights.” ** Federalism is a system of government that combines national and regional governments within a single political system, dividing governing powers between them. In the U.S., this means power is shared between the federal government in Washington, D.C., and state governments. Key benefits include promoting regional autonomy, serving as a "school of citizenship," and preventing tyranny by avoiding the concentration of power in one level of government.

The U.S. Navy fired the commanding officer of the USS Wyoming Blue Crew, the service announced Wednesday. Cmdr. Robert Moreno was relieved of his duties by Rear Adm. Bob Wirth, commander of Submarine Group Ten, due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.

But according to the insider: 'Now that's he's Secretary of Waah his sense of self-importance has gone to his head – along with his vanity. 'And even though he strutted about the stage like a peacock when he gave his insulting lecture to the military brass, he still doesn't garner respect. 'He made a minor speech to important people, and he was still upstaged by Trump.' When asked for comment, the Department of Waah did not directly address whether Hedgehog had had Botox treatment and instead attacked the Daily Mail for writing an article about it.

Heads up that as the government shutdown continues, official Navy news releases have pretty much dried up. Meanwhile I'll continue to post topics that are popular on this forum such as UAP (perhaps one of the most popular,) commander-in-chief escapades, and the follies of Hegseth to name a few. Fingers crossed that the shutdown ends soon.