A US Army patch on the sleeve of an American soldier participating in the celebrations of Land Forces Day in Krakow, Poland, on September 13, 2025. Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Getty Images/File

The US Army is accepting a donation of roughly $1 million for the travel and lodging of senior leaders to a professional development conference in Washington, DC, next week, as active duty forces are bracing for a missed paycheck amid the government shutdown, multiple US officials told CNN.

Many of the Army leaders and their staffs who had already processed paperwork to attend the annual Association of the US Army conference in downtown DC next week will have their travel, hotels and meals covered by funds donated by Association of the United States Army. AUSA is a nonprofit professional development as

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