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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 a realistic low-light medical training conducted by Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center (NEMWDC) at Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 16, 2025. The training emphasizes life-saving interventions under austere and confined conditions to prepare medical personnel for combat and expeditionary environments. 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)