Just so you can relax, the Trump administration did the right thing:

"The American Forces Network, which broadcasts American radio and
television programming outside the U.S. and uses civilian government
employees, initially said its services would not be available, sparking
angry reactions from viewers eager to see the NFL playoffs Sunday.
Later, though, the Department of Defense said even though the civilian
employees were furloughed two of AFN's eight channels, one for news and
one for sports, would remain on."


Maybe Trump and Mattis read rec.boats. :-)