Airmen from the active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings return to Utah after a deployment to the Central Command area of responsibility.

After two weeks of uncertainty about getting a paycheck during the federal government shutdown, the Department of Defense paid active-duty military members on Wednesday, Oct. 15.

The division includes roughly 1.2 million active-duty members and National Guard and Reserve members.

The shutdown entered its 15th day on Oct. 15 with no visible signs of a budget deal between Democrats and Republicans.

Service members remained on duty despite the shutdown as their work is deemed essential for national security.

Army Spc. Philip Charles VanDerHeyden IV confirmed on Wednesday, Oct. 15, he was paid overnight.

"We get paid a day early at the Armed Forces Bank due to their ties with the (Department of Defense)," said VenDerHeyden, who serves with the U.S. Army Sustainment Command at Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois.

Staff Sgt. Megan Zebosky, based in Illinois, also said she got a paycheck.

"I was paid today," the Kansas native said. "Thankfully, I bank with Navy Federal and they were offering 0% loans for members during this time, so I didn’t have to worry too much about this check for the 15th."

Troops' future paychecks still in jeopardy

Despite the Pentagon's successful push to make Oct. 15 payroll for active-duty military members, more than 32,000 full-time uniformed members of the National Guard and Reserve remain furloughed without pay.

President Donald Trump over the weekend instructed the Pentagon to reallocate $6.5 billion from unspent funds to pay active-duty troops.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said the Pentagon funding shift covered Wednesday’s active-duty paychecks, but warned the military's Oct. 31 pay could still be affected if the government is not reopened by then.

“The executive department’s help is not permanent – it can’t be,” Johnson said at a news conference alongside other House Republicans.

“If the Democrats continue to vote to keep the government closed, as they have done so now so many times, then we know that U.S. troops are going to risk missing a full paycheck at the end of this month,” Johnson said.

Congressional aides previously said legislation would have to pass by Monday, Oct. 13, for the military's payroll to process on time due to the number of people involved, Reuters reported..

USA TODAY has reached out to the White House and the Department of Defense.

Who is not being paid in the military?

Part-time members of the National Guard and other military reserve components remain unpaid, and many training events have been canceled.

The Pentagon's civilian workforce also remains unpaid, including a subset of full-time National Guardsmen and reservists who wear military uniforms to work as so-called dual status civilian technicians.

Contributing: USA TODAY's Davis Winkie and Joey Garrison

Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund

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