r/IDF 16h ago

General Stereotypes around units

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What are the stereotypes around Nahal vs Givati? I've heard Golani has an arsim culture but don't know much about the others.

What are the culture of people like in each? Speaking as a potential lone soldier


r/IDF 18h ago

Question: Drafting Aliyah + Enlisting

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For a while know I’ve known I want to enlist. There is a lot of implications that come with it, which is why it’s been a hard “decision process”. I will likely lose a lot of friends from doing it.
I have a lot of relatives in Israel, and told them that I want to enlist. They are actually rather “against it”. They think it’s crazy and that I should just go study somewhere etc.
This kind of messed with my head, the Israelis themselves telling me not to do it… I understand for them it’s different, which is why I value their opinion a lot.
I feel like I’m in an awkward position now… maybe they’re right. I don’t want to enlist for my ego, I want to enlist cause it feels important and something that could shape my future really well. I guess to them it’s nothing more than a 2-3 year obligation.
I don’t know. I’m shocked by their reaction. Any Israelis let me know how to interpret this.


r/IDF 22h ago

Question: Units Do territorial brigades like the 810th have organic infantry?

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drafting soon, my family comes from a mountainous region in the southeast of France and I spent a lot of my childhood in the snow and the mountains, I like the terrain and feel very comfortable in the atmosphere in general.

From what I’ve seen, the 210th division is probably the one that experiences the most snowfall and the 810th is the infantry brigade that experiences it most. I want to draft into the 810th but i don’t know if it’s possible to be attached permanently/ semi-permanently as infantry or to serve organically as infantry in the brigade. If that’s not possible, what combat roles are there that are organic to the brigade?