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Keep this story in mind the next time some malignant troll in Beirut or Tehran says that Israel is all but defeated.
Requests for assignment to combat units rise in aftermath of Second Lebanon War
12 March 2008 23:04 - Amir KidonPosted on 13 March 2008 @ 15:20 GMTThis March's draft marks a 4 percent increase in the number of new IDF recruits requesting to serve in combat positions. Another notable statistic was the total 1 percent increase of those who actually serve in combat positions. 71.3 percent of all soldiers were assigned to combat positions during last year’s March recruitment and this March 72.2 percent of all soldiers were assigned to combat positions.
Another impressive figure was released concerning the rise of those interested in serving in the Infantry Corps. The Golani Brigade is the most requested of the infantry brigades, with an average of 3.5 requests for every position in the brigade in contrast to 2 requests for every position last March. In the Nachal Brigade an increase of those interested in serving was also reported, with 2.5 requests for every position in the brigade. This is a significant increase in requests for Nachal from last year’s average of 1.9 requests per position. There has also been a rise of those interested in serving in the Anti-Aircraft Missile units, the Border Police, the Armor Corps the Combat Engineering Corps and Field Intelligence.
"This is one of the first groups of enlistees that have lived through the past war," said a senior officer in the Human Resources Branch. "There is a sense of trust in the army; people have seen the improvements the IDF has made since the past war." The same officer noted that although on a whole the number of enlistees has decreased, the combat forces will not suffer from lack of manpower because of the high rate of those who are interested in serving in combat positions.