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Army names top drill sergeant at JBSA-Camp Bullis competition
August 28, 2019 — After five days, more than 70 tested events and hundreds of evaluated standards, the U.S. Army named its top drill sergeant in an Aug. 23 ceremony hosted by the Center for Initial Military Training, or CIMT, the lead in the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, for all initial entry training. The annual event was conducted at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston and JBSA-Camp Bullis for the first time since the Drill Sergeant of the Year was established 50 years ago... MORE

Army Staff Sgt. Earnest J. Knight II, Drill Sergeant Academy, on a ruck march.

Controlled burn rids JBSA-Camp Bullis of wildfire-causing vegetation
March 3, 2017 — Firefighters from the 502nd Civil Engineer Squadron, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Joint Base San Antonio Fire Emergency Services and two area fire departments conducted a controlled burn at JBSA-Camp Bullis Feb. 22-24 to clear the installation of vegetation that could ignite a wildfire... MORE

A firefighter sets fire to vegetation at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis during a controlled burn Feb. 23. Firefighters burned more than 600 acres of vegetation at the installation during a three-day period, from Feb. 22-24, in an effort to prevent wildfires from occurring. The controlled burn was a joint effort between the 502nd Civil Engineering Squadron at JBSA, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, JBSA Fire Emergency Services and area firefighters.