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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Matteo Candanoza, a hospital corpsman with 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, utilizes a Battlefield Assisted Trauma Documentation Kit on an End User Device while conducting a blood transfusion on a simulated patient during a Valkyrie course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 12, 2026.  Sailors utilized a Battlefield Assisted Trauma Documentation Kit which enables them to log injury types, treatments, and vital signs via a touchscreen EUD, even in disconnected environments. The course focused on learning and performing fresh whole blood collection and transfusions on simulated patients, preparing them for forward deployed and austere environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mary Torres)