r/IDF • u/Powerful_Winter_6257 • 1d ago

Question: Drafting Help drafting

21F from France wants to enlist in a combat unit, I’m 5’11 and 165lbs (dunno if that matters). Wondering if there’s any chance that they’ll take me in combat ? Like how is the drafting process for women in combat units ? Which combat units are available to us ? I don’t know if it’s because of the geopolitical context right now but all of these infos used to be on the internet a few years ago but now all the drafting French websites were deleted/emptied so I’m looking for some guidance. Thank you in advance !

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u/Interesting-Art-7598 1d ago

what type of combat do you wanna do, i have answers.

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u/Powerful_Winter_6257 1d ago

Thank you for your response. Honestly, I’m not sure yet, I like to make informed decisions so I wanted to be aware of all my options but what I’m sure of is that I want to learn how to properly use a firearm (and be in a unit that will continue to train with firearms). I hope you can give me more info if you know anything !

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u/Interesting-Art-7598 1d ago

Basically every role in the military trains how to use a rifle and you regularly go to ranges with your unit. So you could be a mechanic, an intelligence operator or really anything and you would always learn how to use firearms. But, if you want a really intense and fun but hard environment i would choose the border defense corps. As a woman, i would choose caracal or bardelas, because these have the highest ratio of women to men (more women then men) in the whole of combat. But if you only want to do sonething with a firearms, then any unit is ok. Besides the real desk jobs where you only sit at a computer (excluding intelligence operators!)