Some troops report mid-month pay issues after Pentagon shifts billions amid shutdown

As the government shutdown nears its 23rd day, some troops did not receive their correct paycheck — or got paid at all last week — according to service members Task & Purpose spoke with and a non-profit that supports military families. This comes after the Pentagon shifted $8 billion in research funds to cover military pay amid the federal shutdown.

The full scale of the paycheck errors is unclear. But at least 164 active-duty military families were underpaid, with amounts ranging from a couple hundred dollars to as much as $2,000, said Raleigh Smith Duttweiler, a military spouse and chief impact officer for the National Military Family Association. Since last week, Smith Duttweiler said she has talked with more than 360 service members or their spouses, and dug into their pay records wit