 However, it remains commonly known as "Fort Dix", "ASA Dix", or "Dix" as of 2015.In 2015, Colonel Shelley Balderson became Fort Dix' first female commander in the base's 100-year history.Fort Dix was established on 16 July 1917 as Camp Dix, named in honor of Major General John Adams Dix, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the American Civil War, and a former United States Senator, Secretary of the Treasury and Governor of New York.