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Cmdr. Rebecca Rieger (left) and Cmdr. Landon King (right), with the Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) 150-Alpha surgical team, perform surgery on a live actor wearing a surgical “cut suit” simulating an iliac artery and bowel injury, and a right leg amputation, sustained from an improvised explosive devise (IED) explosion, during an EMF training and Operational Readiness Evaluation (ORE) at the Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC), Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 15-28. "The EMF course provided real-world training,” said Capt. Kenneth Basford, EMF 150 Alpha commanding officer. “This evolution better equipped our Sailors with the ability to perform under pressure through various scenarios. Additionally, this training helped build camaraderie, unit cohesion, unity of effort, and overall efficient teamwork for EMF Alpha."