This image taken from an online video released by the Islamic State group's al-Furqan media arm on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, purports to show the group threatening to kill two Japanese hostages that the militants identify as Kenji Goto Jogo, left, and Haruna Yukawa, right, unless a $200 million ransom is paid within 72 hours. Japan's Foreign Ministry's anti-terrorism section has seen the video and analysts are assessing it, a ministry official said on Tuesday. (AP Photo) Gen James. T. Conway, 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps, promotes Lt. Gen. James F. Amos, commander of Marine Corps Combat Development Command, to the rank of general at Marine Barracks Washington July 2. Amos is slated to become the 31st Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob H. HarrerPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech at the Philippine Economic Forum in Tokyo, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. Duterte is on a three-day official visit to Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Extended period of interest-free commissary purchases and reduced-price meals for DOD school students affected by the government shutdown are available.
The government pulled together funds to pay troops Oct. 15 and now Nov. 1, but officials said it’s doubtful they'll be paid again if the shutdown persists.
