This week we received our combat specific specializations (our Pakal). A specialization can be a sharp shooter, a grenade launcher, a rocket launcher,…

Now we are up to the events of this week! On Sunday night we had our most recent Masa, it was 12 kilometers.…

Finally we returned to base! And some time after, we threw grenades. Now, in our lesson before the actual throwing we studied about…

I assumed we were going to base for a nice shower and Shabbat. But no, we were quickly stopped at another location where…

In the middle of the night we were woken up and ordered to get out of our jammies and into our uniforms, clean…

Its been a very long time since I updated this blog which I hope to rectify with at least a partial account of…

From Sunday night to last night, was Israel’s memorial day or Yom Hazikaron in Hebrew. This is a very melancholy day, when people…

We spent the week guarding the base. Not a lot to say, there are various guard points and one of my favorite was…

Two weeks ago my unit closed its first Shabbat. On Friday night, while I was waiting for my shift at being Maazin (army…

Because on all other nights we do not receive gifts on our bed and a choice of presents, we do not receive free…