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WASHINGTON — The Defense Health Agency that oversees more than 700 military hospitals and clinics worldwide disclosed Thursday that it made a buyout offer to an unidentified number of civilian personnel to be considered for lump-sum payouts to leave their jobs under a restructuring of the federal agency. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-08-21/defense-health-agency-buyouts-18837223.html Source - Stars and Stripes

Navy Installations Command has launched a campaign to raise awareness among parents and caregivers about window safety in military housing after two small children fell to their deaths from windows this summer at Naval Base San Diego. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2025-08-21/navy-safety-falling-windows-18839844.html Source - Stars and Stripes

A pilot is safe following a crash of a Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet while flying off the Virginia coast on Wednesday morning, according to the service. The pilot, assigned to the “Rampagers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83 ejected during a routine training flight around 9:50 a.m. While the Navy release did not say where the pilot ejected, the “Rampagers” are based out of Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.

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