Don't listen to the pols: What really happens in the military during a shutdown

As talk of a government shutdown began, President Donald Trump, his staff and myriad politicians on both sides of the aisle began interjecting "paying the troops" as a primary rallying call to invoke support for their respective sides of the issue. What's frustrating to many who wear the uniform is this: Most who are invoking the symbolism of "supporting the military" don't actually know how the shutdown affects that support. There's more involved than getting a paycheck.

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