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During a gear check at the start of their shift, Paramedic Anthony M. Estrada (right) shows Hospitalman Jessica Sanderson (left), from San Tan Valley, Arizona, how to prepare and stage essential ambulance equipment for emergency calls, June 5, 2025. It was Sanderson’s first day participating in a groundbreaking ride-along partnership between NMRTC Twentynine Palms and the Morongo Basin Ambulance Association. The program pairs Navy corpsmen with experienced paramedics during real emergency responses across a 2,700-square-mile region, delivering hands-on training that strengthens clinical judgment, operational readiness, and military-civilian medical collaboration (U.S. Navy photo by Christopher C. Jones, NHTP/NMRTC Twentynine Palms public affairs officer).