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  2. Israel Defense Forces insignia - Wikipedia

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    Formerly, male soldiers of all ranks wore combination caps, while female soldiers wore the garrison cap. In the 1950s, the beret was adopted as the default headgear for the service uniform. [citation needed] The color of the air force beret was blue-gray; armored corps, artillery, and special operations personnel wore a black beret. [7]

  3. List of military slang terms - Wikipedia

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    Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is slang for a common soldier in the British Army, but many soldiers preferred the terms PBI (poor bloody infantry) [13] "P.B.I." was a pseudonym of a contributor to the First World War trench magazine The Wipers Times.

  4. Israel Defense Forces - Wikipedia

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    As the IDF recruits more religious soldiers, the rights of male religious soldiers and women in the IDF come into conflict. Brig. Gen. Zeev Lehrer, who served on the chief of staff's panel of the integration of women, noted "There is a clear process of 'religionization' in the army, and the story of the women is a central piece of it.

  5. Lone soldier - Wikipedia

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    A soldier of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The IDF's ranks include "lone soldiers" from across the world. A lone soldier (Hebrew: חַיָּל בּוֹדֵד, Ḥayal Boded) is a member of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who does not have support in Israel, either because they do not have immediate family in Israel or they are estranged from their family in Israel.

  6. Israel Defense Forces ranks - Wikipedia

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    Recruits (tironim): Upon enlistment to military service in Israel, all soldiers begin a basic training course and undergo several weeks or months of 'integration' from citizens to soldiers. This course is called tironut (" recruit training ") and the soldier being trained on this course is called a tiron (or "recruit" ).

  7. Israeli Ground Forces - Wikipedia

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    According to the IDF, 535 female Israeli soldiers were killed in combat operations in the period 1962–2016, [20] and dozens before then. The IDF says that fewer than 4 percent of women are in combat positions. Rather, they are concentrated in "combat-support" positions which command a lower compensation and status than combat positions. [21]

  8. Fact Checking Claims About Israeli Soldiers and the ‘Seed of ...

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    A video posted on X, formerly Twitter, by Israeli journalist Yinon Magal, shows Israeli soldiers singing and chanting for the occupation of Gaza and to “wipe off the seed of Amalek”, saying ...

  9. Infantry Corps (Israel) - Wikipedia

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    Soldiers of all five brigades at the Western Wall - from left to right, Kfir Brigade, Golani Brigade, Paratroopers Brigade, Givati Brigade, and Nahal Brigade. The personal weapon of most IDF soldiers is the IWI Tavor X-95 "Micro-Tavor", and M4A1 assault rifle. The majority of regular-service Infantry Corps soldiers are equipped with the Tavor X ...