Despite the government shutdown, paychecks will be going out to the U.S. military ... and to the Coast Guard.

The administration has begun tapping funds from President Donald Trump’s tax breaks and budget law to start paying for priorities during the shutdown, ensuring that the Coast Guard — which falls under the Department of Homeland Security rather than the Pentagon — doesn’t go without paychecks.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement that thanks to “the One Big Beautiful Bill, the brave men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard” will get paid this week. Checks will be processed and deposited starting Wednesday.

“Our people are the heart of the Coast Guard,” Adm. Kevin Lunday, the acting commandant, said in a service news release. “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.”

Trump already instructed the Defense Department to make sure military service members are paid.

“Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, service members received their mid-month salary, and their Leave and Earnings Statements (LES) are now available in myPay,” the Pentagon said in a statement Tuesday night. 

The Pentagon announced it would do so with $8 billion in unused research and development funds.

“Yes, (Wednesday), soldiers will get paid,” Lt. Gen. Brian S. Eifler said Tuesday at the AUSA convention in Washington.

Contributing: The Associated Press