IDF Holds First Krav Maga Competition for Elite Units
The IDF recently hosted its first Krav Maga competition between representatives of elite units.  Sixteen units competed, each sending three competitors — one for each weight class.  The Maglan unit took top honours, with Paratrooper Brigade’s Duvdevan unit and Lotar counterterrorism instruction unit close behind.  Reservists from the IDF’s Combat Fitness Division served as guest […]
Humanizing the IDF Experience for US Tourists
Private counter-terrorism training centre Caliber3 offers tourists an opportunity to experience a few hours in the life of an IDF commando. Â Steve Gar, an instructor at Caliber3, takes his visitors through a gruelling 2-hour training session, then begins to tell them stories about himself and other soldiers. Â His goal: to humanize Israeli soldiers in their […]
Women Empowering Women: IDF Wives Hold Workshops for Other IDF Wives
Military life creates challenges in the lives of combat officers’ families, and the IDF’s Manpower Directorate has adopted the suggestion of two officials’ wives to offer workshops to support them.  Revital Gantz, wife of IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, and Ruth Golan, wife of GOC Northern Command Maj. Gen. Yair Golan, proposed […]
Drumming Up Support for Lone Soldiers
Idan Ianovici, new director of the Lone Soldier Center in memory of Michael Levin, spent 15 days touring the US, fundraising for the organisation. Â The center provides a home base for soldiers serving in the IDF who do not have homes to return to — either because they are immigrants who came without their families […]