This commander was one who received awards for his excellence during the Second Lebanon War. But he realized that many of his soldiers came back traumatized from having seen all the blood and gore...
No, training will not be conducted with live fire, "shirts and skins" style, or anything like that.
What this commander did was take his soldiers, after the war, to a slaughterhouse. By seeing up close the internal organs, the blood, the guts and all, by getting a visual understanding how it all works and getting used to the blood, his soldiers came out of their trauma and shock.
Since then he has included it as a regular part of his training regimen. He takes his unit for a day of learning in the slaughterhouse to watch the shechita and the butchering.
Another officer praised his ingenuity saying that doctors also go to similar places, to get used to seeing the blood so they will not be affected by it later.
So it turns out that I am fit to serve in the elite commando unit of Egoz! Where do I sign up?
As long as you have someone holding down whomever it is you have to kill, and you get to keep his ears to practice shofar-making!
ReplyDeleteooooh I've been dissed!
ReplyDeleteThat's what you get for threatening a "carpool-realignment" at my expense. (Revenge is certainly a dish best served cold!)
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Great idea on his part, and FYI- Egoz is known for having a LOT of religious soldiers in it.
ReplyDeletemy cousin served in egoz a few years back... he would never tell me any stories of things they did...
ReplyDeleteBTW, the end of the article says he was called in by the General and was told to stop this activity as it had not been approved.
OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS TRAINED YOU AT FRI NIGHT DINNERS. THE OFFICER SHOULD JOIN US WITH ANY NEW TROOPS HE WANTS TO EXPOSE TO BLOOD AND GORE.
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ReplyDeleterivka can't wait to sign up!
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