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Lt. Cmdr. Rachael Robeck, physician assistant assigned to Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) 15, from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Camp Pendleton, provides simulated trauma care to a casualty during an ERSS training conducted by Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC) at Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 16, 2025. The training scenario reinforces critical decision-making, patient assessment, and trauma management skills in a controlled but realistic environment. The ERSS 15 team is currently assigned to the Naval Strategic Health Alliance for Readiness and Performance (SHARP), a partnership with Penn Medicine that embeds active-duty Navy trauma personnel into Penn Presbyterian’s Level I trauma center. This initiative sustains combat casualty care skills and provides hands-on experience with complex civilian trauma. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Trevin Perry)