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Sailors and Marines here handled the pressure of a mass casualty incident April 27, 2006, and overcame the stressors of multiple patients while conducting treatment in a deployed environment. The staff of Taqaddum Surgical, the main facility of its kind in the region, treated several soldiers of the Iraqi Army after a recent insurgent attack. The unit had several wounded in the attack that also hit two American service members attached to the unitâ??s Military Transition Team. Taqaddum Surgical is classified as a surgical shock trauma platoon, because it has two main elements: a shock trauma platoon, which serves as an emergency room, and a forward resuscitative surgical suite â?? a battlefield operating room. The MTT is a small group of American military personnel tasked with training and advising the Iraqi soldiers as they take control of their country.