Lt. Cmdr. Leonardo Rodriguez speaks to 11th Marine

Lt. Cmdr. Leonardo Rodriguez speaks to 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit leadership about the dynamics of treating combat-related causalities and the capabilities of a shock trauma platoon inside the unit’s static display during MEU exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 9, 2016. Shock Trauma Platoon sailors are first responders to battlefield casualties and their primary objective is to stabilize patients while en route to a higher echelon of care, which increases the likelihood of survival. Rodriguez and the sailors are with the Shock Trauma Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th MEU. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon Maldonado/ Released)