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2024-12-08 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

More combat engineers, mechanized infantry: IDF Ground Forces lays out future plans

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Posted by trailing wife 2024-12-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11157 views ] Top

#1 Problem is, combat engineers are are typically the top 20% test scores of the infantry, diverted for special training. The ASVAB is used to sort them out. You don't get more just because you want them.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-12-08 16:35|| 2024-12-08 16:35|| Front Page Top

#2 The IDF is a near-universal conscript army though, ed. They’re drawing from a pool that’s flatter and broader than our American volunteer service, I suspect during a zeitgeist that’s much like what we saw here after 9/11.

Posted by trailing wife 2024-12-08 18:37|| 2024-12-08 18:37|| Front Page Top

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