IDF Units

Foreign Relations (Kishrei Chutz) – women

kishreihuzzahalIt is an interesting post in Israeli army for women, who want to gain experience in foreign relations. A coordinator for foreign relations is responsible for communicating with armies of other countries and a vaiety of international and peace organizations. The main tasks of “Mashakit Kishur leKohot Zarim” or just “Kishrei Chutz” consists of receiving and transmitting information between TZAHAL and any foreign bodies. (more…)
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Yahalom (Handansa Kravit)

yahalomtagThe «Yahalom» unit (Diamond in Hebrew) or the abbreviation “YAHALM” (Yahida Handasait Lemesimot Miuhadot) is a special engineering unit. Yahalom is an elite unit relating to Hadansa Kravit (Engineering Brigade), which performs special missions and conducts joint operations with other special units of TZAHAL. The Yahalom soldiers’ activity is strictly classified and most of the operations of this unit go unreported. (more…)
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Cook (Tabah)

The position of a cook exists at many TZAHAL bases, as it is necessary to provide 3 daily meals to all soldiers and officers. “Tabah” is usually attached to a chef (a professional under contract: “ish-keva”), who makes up a menu and is in charge of the overall cooking process. Cooks are responsible for the following: cutting salad, boiling, frying, stewing and even baking. Besides, cooks take care of the kitchen equipment maintenance, food supplies, and maintain good order in the kitchen. (more…)
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Cook (Tabahit) – women

The position of a cook exists at many TZAHAL bases as it is necessary to provide 3 daily meals to all the soldiers and officers. “Tabahit” is usually attached to a chief (a professional under contract: “ish-keva”) who makes up a menu and is in charge of the overall cooking process. Cooks’ duties are: cutting salads, boiling, frying, stewing and even baking. In addition, cooks take care of the kitchen equipment, food reserves and order in the kitchen. (more…)
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Social worker (Mashakit Tash)

«Mashakit Tash» in TZAHAL are responsible for soldiers’ service conditions (in each separate unit or base). A social worker helps soldiers with financial problems during the term of their service, housing problems (for example, to issue a permit for permanent accommodation in a soldier’s house — Beit Hayal), additional days–off, transferring to another place of service, and many other things. (more…)
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System administrator (Mafil maarahot mahshev)

mafilmaarehotmahshevThe position of system administrator is a good possibility to gain experience in the IT sphere. “Mafil maarahot mahshev” are responsible for server support in Data-centers, fault correction and increasing systems’ performance. As part of their service administrators work with databases, various platforms in different environments, do repairs where needed. Such activity requires the observing of IT security standards. (more…)
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Air Force canine handler (Kalbanit Heil Havir)

Canine handlers in the Air Force or «tipul ve iluf klavim» take care of the dogs and training at Israeli Air Force Bases. The position of “Kalbanim Heil havir” perfectly suit women who like dogs and are eager to take care of animals throughout their military service. Being canine handlers, soldiers conduct patrols of the base perimeter with a dog, ensure special military events security, train dogs to execute various commands and look after the animals. (more…)
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