Yeah, it's not tomorrow or next week, but it's happening this month, on the 22nd, that's 13 days from now.
I'm 18 years old, living in Israel, and as some of you already know, serving in Israel's military, the IDF, is a must, 2 years for females and 3 years for males. There are minor exceptions, and religious folk actually choose whether to serve or not, but most of them serve, like my cousin who's almost done with his 3 years.
So anyway, I've been enlisted to the artillery corps, there are several divisions each with its own special equipment, and after basic training I'll know which one I'll be assigned to specifically.
Two of my friends are enlisted to the artillery corps as well on the same day and we'll most probably be together during basic training, which is supposed to take 4 months.
One cool thing I'd like to mention is that my birthday is on the 24th of March, and then I'll be 19, which means that there's a good chance my commander will be younger than me.
So yeah, just ask me anything you want and I'll probably be able to answer. Oh, and here are some related pictures (all found in google):
Some combat soldiers (I think they Just finished basic training or something):
[img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dm4Xx59f6NM/SPeDHQBFhfI/AAAAAAAABnk/M-PFnp3CyYU/s400/tavor_idf_1.jpg[/img]
Some kind of an artillery vehicle (totally not a white phosphorus bomb, I swear):
[img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eQNPu6zzxaU/SXNy_OPwFHI/AAAAAAAAJFI/Kucp_9htY4o/s400/M-667+IDF+Lance+1.jpg[/img]
And of course some random hot chick in the IDF:
[img]http://libertypundits.net/images/upload/IDF_Babe_2.jpg[/img]
cool i guess
Good luck, become one tough motherfucker.
Try not to get put in military prison for a couple days.
Are you excited and glad that you'll be drafted? It doesn't look very appealing to me.
[QUOTE=BrQ;28506209]Are you excited and glad that you'll be drafted? It doesn't look very appealing to me.[/QUOTE]
I'm not really excited or glad, but I'm also not upset, it's more like a "meh, let's just get this over with" kind of feeling.
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[QUOTE=Contag;28506204]Try not to get put in military prison for a couple days.[/QUOTE]
I hope I didn't post anything secret :ohdear:
Nah, everything I wrote about myself I can tell whoever I want and everything I wrote about the IDF is very easy to find on the internet.
IDF is fucking a bad place to get a girlfriend...of course, it's fucking cool to have a soldier for a girl, but wait till she has been blown to pieces or get shot and get killed. Let us see.
There was once a story, that a squad of five and one of them was a girl. The girl died and the rest was diagnosed with shell shock.
my bro has access to classified documents in australia
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ill hook you up
If you see a press photographer, get your swagger on.
Good luck. Try not to get killed or kidnapped!
[QUOTE=Sniping Robot;28506273]my bro has access to classified documents in australia
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ill hook you up[/QUOTE]
Emailed to ASIO.
I'd be hoping your brother doesn't lose his security clearance.
bring me back a terrorist
[QUOTE=Contag;28506292]Emailed to ASIO.
I'd be hoping your brother doesn't lose his security clearance.[/QUOTE]
Times are dire when speaking the truth becomes a criminal offense.
[QUOTE=Ca5bah;28506297]bring me back a terrorist[/QUOTE]
I don't think I can do that personally, but let's just say that I'll probably the one softing them up so the infantry can capture them or whatever.
So much for getting an easy office job. Oh well, can't be too much to artillery. Make this grid location explode, sit around cleaning big guns, do jack shit for most of the time.
allahu ackbar
[QUOTE=Devodiere;28506344]So much for getting an easy office job. Oh well, can't be too much to artillery. Make this grid location explode, sit around cleaning big guns, do jack shit for most of the time.[/QUOTE]
[quote]do jack shit for most of the time.[/quote]
I can't think of a single sector of the military where this isn't true.
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[QUOTE=Nestophales;28506351]allahu ackbar[/QUOTE]
No!
הללו יה
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To people rating OP as dumb:
[quote][B]serving in Israel's military, the IDF, is a must, 2 years for females and 3 years for males.[/B][/quote]
In all seriousness, if you see this man you're fucked
[img]http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/1918/dancingrocketman.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Contag;28506358]I can't think of a single sector of the military where this isn't true.[/QUOTE]
Fair enough. Still, infantry gotta do patrols and that kind of shit. Artillery just gotta sit back and blow stuff up. Not even like old artillery where you go deaf, rockets n shit yo.
From what I understand some divisions in Artillery do patrols too and the rest just stand guard at some random base, which is the most boring thing ever: you sit somewhere all alone looking out to the wilderness for 4 hours straight without anything to keep you busy, and sometimes you have to stand during those 4 hours as well.
I would probably leave the country instead of being forced to do this. :v:
Learning Krav Maga would make it worth it in my opinion.
[QUOTE=^seth;28506415]I would probably leave the country instead of being forced to do this. :v:[/QUOTE]
^ Wuss alert!
[QUOTE=BurnEmDown;28506176][img_thumb]http://libertypundits.net/images/upload/IDF_Babe_2.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
cut ya hair rusty
[QUOTE=BurnEmDown;28506430]^ Wuss alert![/QUOTE]
I don't really know much about Israel, is it the kind of place where you can just leave/say you don't want to join, or do you get thrown in jail/executed?
I'm assuming you are Jewish since you brought up religion in the OP?
[QUOTE=^seth;28506463]I don't really know much about Israel, is it the kind of place where you can just leave/say you don't want to join, or do you get thrown in jail/executed?[/QUOTE]
The military service is required but I think it's more of a thing to keep the country always well defended. Kinda like Switzerland.
[QUOTE=^seth;28506463]I don't really know much about Israel, is it the kind of place where you can just leave/say you don't want to join, or do you get thrown in jail/executed?[/QUOTE]
If you really don't want to serve them I'm sure you can use some cheap tricks to avoid it, but not everyone can do it.
Most people who really don't want to serve do get thrown in jail.
But not serving in the IDF is really going to hurt you in the long run, you get all kinds of bonuses if you served in the IDF and some employers in Israel only employ people who served in the IDF.
Not a big fan of Israels military actions, but best wishes OP.
[QUOTE=Ca5bah;28506467]I'm assuming you are Jewish since you brought up religion in the OP?[/QUOTE]
I'm ethnically Jewish but I'm atheist.
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