Shutdown Relief: Where Airmen and Guardians Can Turn for Help

Shutdown Relief: Where Airmen and Guardians Can Turn for Help

With no end to the government shutdown in sight, Airmen, Guardians, and defense civilians face increasing uncertainty about whether or not they will be paid—and how to make ends meet if they are not. The next military paychecks are due Oct. 31, when the next month’s rent, mortgage, childcare, and car payments will also come due. The Pentagon found funds for the first payday after the shutdown, Oct. 15, tapping $8 billion in funds appropriated …