Some financial institutions that serve the military community have already released information about paycheck assistance during the shutdown.

The Army Corps of Engineers started construction of the Joint Integrated Test and Training Center at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

The U.S. generals and admirals summoned from around the world had been given little information about the planned event.

The service members who died in the crash on Wednesday, Sept. 17 are Chief Warrant Officers Andrew Cully, 35, from Sparta, Mo., and Andrew Kraus, 39, from Sanibel, Fla., along with sergeants Donavon Scott,

Initial reports said the crash may have occurred near Summit Lake in Washington state, a local sheriff's office said.