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Lance Cpl. Aaron Garza starts his ambulance as he prepares to retrieve patients from helicopters at the flight line, Jan. 11, 2005. The nuclear, biological and chemical-protected ambulances can hold up to eight ?walking wounded,? or four litters for incapacitating injuries, explained Lance Cpl. Nathan P. Lukens a 23-year-old Phoenix, Ariz., native. The Marines know that the quicker they get patients to the doctors and corpsmen of the S/STP, the easier it is for the docs to save their brothers-in-arms. It?s that knowledge that makes them strive to be faster and better at what they do.