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Good news for Patti. The tenants signed the lease.  Both are legally obligated to pay the lease.  A lease agreement is a legally binding document.  The referenced lease was not signed contingent upon the military paying or not paying.  It was not guaranteed by the military either.  Both parties are responsible to pay the lease.

If you leased a car, and decided after 8 months into the lease you not longer like it, you still are obligated to pay the balance of the lease.  The same holds true for a rental lease agreement.