Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the US Coast Guard will not miss a paycheck this week as the government shutdown continues.
DHS has “worked out an innovative solution to make sure” the Coast Guard did not go without pay, Noem said yesterday in a post on X. While the US Coast Guard is a branch of the US armed services, it is part of the Department of Homeland Security.
The Coast Guard also confirmed that its service members would be paid and receive their pay between October 15 and 17.
“We are grateful for the actions taken by President Trump and Secretary Noem to ensure that our members — who protect and defend our nation’s maritime borders and our citizens every day — receive the pay they have earned,” Adm. Kevin Lunday, acting commandant of the Coast Guard, said in a statement.
President Donald Trump said in a post on his platform Truth Social over the weekend that the administration had “identified funds” to pay troops this week. Otherwise, members of the military were set to miss their first paycheck on October 15.
During the last government shutdown in 2018 and 2019, members of the Coast Guard went without pay, marking the first time in history a branch of the military was not paid due to a government funding lapse.