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

U.S. Army Reserve Capt. Jake Straub, left, commander, Greater Kansas City Army Recruiting Company, and U.S. Army Capt. Michael Vigh, critical care nurse, 628th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment, jump assault walls 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. Straub and Vigh 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)

PHOTO BY: Steve Roussel

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800

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