GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — As the federal government shutdown drags on, military families are among many facing uncertainty.

Active duty service members received a paycheck as scheduled on Oct. 15, though many reported discrepancies .

The White House says it has scraped together enough funding to cover payroll for the troops on Friday. But with no end in sight to the shutdown, further on-time payments are not certain.

Sharon Kozak is a military spouse and mother of two children. Her husband, Mark, is a Navy recruiter in West Michigan. Together, they’ve moved across the country, facing the kinds of challenges that military families often experience.

But receiving a paycheck from the government on time? That was never a worry.

“I have seen a lot of comments on social media saying, ‘Wel

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