EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The federal government is under a partial shutdown as the House is expected to hold critical votes on a must-pass funding package tomorrow. Fort Bliss posted a Facebook update Sunday on how its operations will run.<\/p>\n
“We anticipate minimal impact to installation services,” the Facebook post said. It included the following information:<\/p>\n
Child & Youth Services (CYS)<\/p>\n
All CYS services will continue for Active Duty and excepted civilian personnel. Child Development Centers remain open for Active Duty and excepted civilians. Non-excepted personnel or dual non-excepted couples should prepare for alternate childcare options.<\/p>\n
Commissary, AAFES & DFACs<\/p>\n
AAFES operations continue without interruption. Commissary services will continue for up to 60 days after a lapse in appropriations. All Installation DFACs through the end of March.<\/p>\n
Ranges & Airfield Operations<\/p>\n
All range and airfield operations are normal. AFSBN operations will continue through the end of March. Ammunition supply point operations aren’t impacted.<\/p>\n
Emergency Services<\/p>\n
Law enforcement, fire, gate operations, and emergency response services remain fully operational with minimal impact.<\/p>\n
Housing<\/p>\n
Military Housing Office operations continue as normal. Private housing maintenance is not impacted.<\/p>\n
Network Operations<\/p>\n
The Network Operations Center is open with reduced response times.<\/p>\n
MWR<\/p>\n
NAF-funded MWR programs and facilities remain open (including gyms and childcare). NAF-funded programs remain open (including golf courses and the Centennial Club).<\/p>\n
Army Community Services<\/p>\n
SHARP, ASAP, suicide prevention, substance abuse services, and counseling remain fully operational.<\/p>\n
Finance\/Military Pay<\/p>\n
-PCS in-processing and out-processing continue.<\/p>\n
-Separations, ETS, retirements, CHPTs, and MFGI support continue.<\/p>\n
Other Garrison Services<\/p>\n
Facility maintenance, barracks support continue. Casualty Assistance and Mortuary Affairs continue. Contracts for custodial, refuse and grounds will stay funded through March.<\/p>\n
There are reduced services for ID cards, transition services, and orders execution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The federal government is under a partial shutdown as the House is expected…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-147366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}