From JB MDL to world stage: Army Reserve Soldiers selected to compete among NATO's best

U.S. Army Reserve 1st Lt. David Grumhaus, left, military intelligence officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 415th Civil Affairs Battalion; U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Christopher Rowe, center, cargo specialist, 489th Transportation Company; and U.S. Army Reserve Capt. David Petersen, deputy operations officers and joint operations center executive officer, Army Reserve Element European Command, negotiate the balance beams on the NATO obstacle course during the U.S. Army Reserve Command’s Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR) selection competition at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 1, 2026. Grumhaus, Rowe and Petersen, were among seven officers and five noncommissioned officers selected from the competition, held March 30 - April 3, to represent the United States this summer in Europe at the 2026 CIOR Military Competition, where reserve forces from NATO nations will compete in challenges that test teamwork, endurance and combat skills. (U.S. Army photo by Steven Roussel)