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Adding new lines to a file + adding suffix to a pattern

I need some help with adding lines to file and substitute a pattern.

Ok I have a file:

Code:

#cat names.txt

name: John Doe
stationed: 1

name: Michael Sweets
stationed: 41

.
.
.

And would like to change it to:

Code:

name: John Doe
employed
permanently
stationed: 1-office

name: Michael Sweets
employed
permanently
stationed: 41-office

Lines "employed" and "permanently" are static and I would like to add those two lines after every name. Then I would like to add a suffix "-office" after every number.

Can anyone please give me a solution.
thanks in advance.

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