Photo by Daniel Amburg, Fort Dix Training Support Center
On Dec. 2, 2024, U.S. Army Support Activity, Fort Dix conducted a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new NATO Standard Obstacle Course.
The course is located in TAC 3A and is the only NATO Standard Obstacle Course in the United States. The course is 500 meters long and consists of 20 obstacles.
United States Army Reserve Command (USARC) funded $1.77 million to build the course for the purpose of hosting the NATO Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR) annual competition.
The CIOR competition is a three-day military pentathlon for NATO Reserve Soldiers. The competition consists of pistol and rifle shooting on the first day, obstacle course and utility swimming on the second day, and orienteering with additional tasks like range estimation, map reading and hand grenade throwing on the third day.
USARC Competitive Programs is responsible for operating an annual U.S. Army selection camp and then training the U.S. Army CIOR Team for the competition.
Both the selection camp and the training camp will begin using the new NATO Standard Obstacle Course for the 2025 competition. When not in use by USARC Competitive Programs, the course will be available for all other units to conduct training.
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