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3 min read        The Navy’s highest-ranking official says the service’s plan to cut medical billets as part of a larger Defense-wide drawdown could use a deeper look after the experiences of COVID-19. About two years ago, the Defense Department unveiled a plan to reduce its medical staff by 18,000, mostly through attrition, however the scheme has been controversial among lawmakers and interest groups alike. During a House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said the service is questioning its role in that plan. “I think we learned a lot during COVID and it gave us a lot of insights into where there are likely friction points with respect to military health care reform,” he said Thursday. “A number of our personnel were deployed forward at COVID hotspots, and also we’re still doing vaccinations. That put a strain on our military hospitals, as you would expect. We did, to balance that deployment of personne

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