Soldiers will get their pay once the shutdown is over. Unfortunately they probably have little or no chance of getting paid while the government is shut down. There simply is no way to do it. You can call it bureaucratic BS but like it or not, it is the law.
Military pay ALREADY CUT
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2701912/posts
They got paid the last shut down. End of story.