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Focusing through the blur of battle…hospital corpsmen assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton honed their Tactical Combat Casualty Care abilities in an austere combat environment under the tutelage of Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (Fleet Marine Force qualified) Austin Santistevan, Urgent Care Clinic leading petty officer and course instructor. TCCC is an operational necessity for all corpsmen and is specifically designed to simulate the unique challenges and conditions on the field of battle in handling traumatic injuries. The week-long classroom and field training provided approximately 24 hospital corpsmen with knowledge-based instruction, followed by hands-on technique on how to provide emergency medical support and evacuation during a simulated combat environment. (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer)