{"id":95659,"date":"2022-05-28T17:05:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T15:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=95659"},"modified":"2022-05-27T08:44:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T06:44:17","slug":"06-05-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=95659","title":{"rendered":"Women given green light to serve in combat roles in elite IDF 669 unit"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Women given green light to serve in combat roles in elite IDF 669 unit<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

ANNA AHRONHEIM <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The IDF\u2019s elite Airborne Combat, Search and Rescue Unit 669 is one of the four special forces of the IDF. An estimated 90% of the positions in the IDF are now open to women.<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Israeli soldiers of Caracal battalion  \/  (photo credit: AMIR COHEN – REUTERS)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi approved the integration of women<\/a> into combat roles in the Israeli Air Force\u2019s elite 669 Special Rescue Unit, six years after his predecessor gave the initial green light.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Air Force will open its doors to women for the selection of combat roles in the 669 Unit, thus enabling the better utilization of human capital in the IDF,\u201d read a statement released by the IDF Spokesperson\u2019s Unit on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kohavi adopted the recommendation of IAF Commander Maj.-Gen. Tomer Bar \u201cas part of the discussions held following the work of a professional team that examines the service of  women in additional combat roles,\u201d the statement added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s how the women will be integrated<\/span>
\nThe screenings for Unit 669 will be made in accordance with the current operational requirements, which have been determined in accordance with the instructions of the Chief Medical Officer, the Chief Infantry and Paratroopers’ Officer and the IAF\u2019s 7th Wing for special forces.<\/span><\/p>\n

The cadets at the infantry instructor’s course at the Squad Commanders and Infantry School took part in field week. The soldiers learned survival skills, slept and trained in the field, and took one step closer to completing the prestigious course.Southern Israel (credit: ABIR SULTAN\/FLASH90)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

All cadets will be required to meet the operational conditions, including during training, in order to ensure that the unit continues to meet its operational tasks and the required quality of troops serving in the unit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Air Force sees this as a great opportunity.<\/b><\/p>\n

IDF Spokespersons Unit<\/cite><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe Air Force is a pioneer in the field of integrating women into all roles and, in particular, into combat roles. The Commander of the Air Force concluded that wherever the possibility was physiologically and operationally to integrate women, the Air Force would do so,\u201d the military added.<\/span><\/p>\n

The course itself<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The IDF\u2019s elite Airborne Combat, Search and Rescue Unit 669<\/a> is one of the four special forces of the IDF. Though over 1,200 cadets on average ty out for the unit, only a small fraction graduate the 18-month course.<\/span><\/p>\n

The course is considered to be particularly intense and lasts about a year and eight months with cadets training in the air, on land and at sea.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the course, soldiers are trained in combat medicine, parachuting, scuba diving, counter-terrorism, rappelling, rescue under harsh conditions, navigation and also undergo the commanders\u2019 course. <\/span><\/p>\n

Soldiers in the unit sign on for an extra 16 months of service on top of their mandatory 30 months.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sky Angels 2018, IAF elite unit 669 international rescue exercise (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The history<\/span>
\nFormed in 1974 following the Yom Kippur war and initially charged with extracting Israeli pilots who were shot down in enemy territory, it later began undertaking rescue missions of Special Force soldiers as well as injured or stranded Israelis, both at home and abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n

It continues to rescue soldiers on the battlefield under fire and in all arenas, including during the war-between-wars campaign and in routine operations.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the close to 50 years since the unit was formed, it has rescued over 10,000 people across Israel and the world, receiving several IDF chief of staff commendations for their work.<\/span><\/p>\n

The announcement on Friday morning comes as women continue to battle the military to open more combat roles in elite units.<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s Defense Service Law states that every man and woman has the right to serve in any position in the military unless the inherent nature of the position requires otherwise.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1949, Israel\u2019s army became the first in the world to introduce mandatory military service for both men and women but shortly after, women were once again barred from combat positions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Women’s fight<\/span>
\nWomen have fought for years to have the combat doors open once again for them, and now an estimated 90% of the positions in the IDF are now open to women, including combat roles in the Navy, Home Front Command, Artillery Corps, and Military Police in the West Bank.<\/span><\/p>\n

In recent years the IDF has increased the recruitment of women to combat units like the Caracal and Bardelas mixed-gender border defense battalions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other combat posts that have been cleared for female soldiers include operating the Spike (Tammuz) missile and the hand-launched Skylark UAV. The Air Force has also been seeing more and more women get accepted to the prestigious pilots\u2019 course and the IAF has promoted more women to senior positions like deputy combat squadron commander and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Navy\u2019s new Sa\u2019ar 6 corvette missile ships will also have female sailors make up 25 percent of the crew, marking the first time that women are serving on missile ships in Israel. The ships were custom built to hold female sailors, and have separate bathrooms and bunks for the female crew.<\/span><\/p>\n

But women are still barred from serving in infantry brigades, armored brigades, submarines, certain elite reconnaissance units like Sayeret Maktal and the Navy\u2019s Shayetet 13.<\/span><\/p>\n

The army insists that it is allowing more women to serve in combat positions out of practical considerations, not due to a social agenda.<\/span><\/p>\n

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