Are you saying unquestionably that military paychecks will stop, even though the “essential” military is not shut down ?
The military will not be paid. They will eventually get back pay. It’s hardest on those that are deployed. They can’t just try to pick up some work on the side to make ends meet. The civilian employees that are furloughed get paid later too, but they don’t have to work. The military has to carry on, paid or not. Plus as General Mathis said today all maintenance that is not already started will be postponed. We are already in a pickle with ragged ass equipment, lack of training time etc. This will just put us further behind.
We have active duty family members and they are being warned to plan for not getting paychecks. This is what is on the website- looks like something could be passed to get them paid but that would depend on the Democrat’s tantrum level.