In an interview on Galey Zahal, the military radio station, one senior officer was complaining that the eyes of the recruits arriving at the camp wander around as if they were in front of a computer monitor; they dont look to each other nor to the officer. The חניך תורן (the leading soldier), instead of calling the soldiers, sends an SMS : "Appear in three minutes in front of the officer's tent." The officer himself imparts his orders from his tent through his laptop or smartphone.
The man was incensed by the leadership modality shown by the new generation. He demanded that orders be given only face to face and in the manly, high decibel manner behooving to Israeli soldiers.
3 comments:
Just the idea that there is such a thing as a "Jewish soldier" is a miracle of our age. For almost 2,000 years there was no such thing as a Jewish soldier.
K
Of course it was. Half of the Hungarian Independence War soldiers in 1840 were Jews. My own grandfathr fought in WWI and million Jewish soldiers fought in WWII (mostly with the Red Army). Jews were always in the forefront of all wars, you find Jews fighting with Mao and leading the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. Israel is frequently called a militaristic society, I dont know if it is true but we are fighting non stop forever.
J: Great post! Welcome to the new military. As for me, I'm old school.
dg Sgt USMC 71-75 Semper-fi
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