Troops Will Receive Next Paycheck Amid Shutdown, OMB Says

Troops get paid on the first of every month. Their Oct. 1 paychecks came from the Pentagon’s research and development fund.

U.S. soldiers walk past a gate of U.S. Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Feb. 21, 2019. Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images

WASHINGTON—U.S. troops will get their next paycheck on Nov. 1 amid the government shutdown, according to the Office of Management and Budget.

There will be $5.3 billion overall to pay the military. The breakdown is that $2.5 billion will come from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, $1.4 billion will come from the procurement account, and $1.4 billion will come from research and development funding, the White House budget office told The Epoch Times.