Can i join idf

The request is in a Wiz document and you must fill it out in Hebrew! After sending the military profile, there will be a waiting period until your Reshuma will be opened and examined, you can stay updated by contacting the service center for new immigrants via Whatsapp: Military profiles will automatically open for immigrants who have taken a certain period of time to adapt in the new country which is called a year of stay - we recommend doing so very much!

If your enlistment is for six months, regardless of your Hebrew skill, you will serve as a jobnik. To my knowledge, everyone who joined through Machal and serve in combat units are in the army, not the navy or air force. Most of those in the army serve in one of the five main infantry units: Tzanchanim paratroopers , Golani, Givati, Nachal, or Kfir. Each brigade has its own characteristics and reasons to want to join or stay away.

For example, Tzanchanim jumps out of planes, Nachal is known for being very friendly to and consequently having a lot of lone soldiers or new immigrants, Kfir only operates in the West Bank, etc. You will learn more about these as you spend more time in Israel, at Garin Tzabar, and definitely at Mikveh Alon.

Then there are other options available for combat units. Depending on your health profile, you may not be able to serve in an infantry unit. In this case, you can serve in Sheriyon armored corps, tanks , Handesah Kravi combat engineers or Totchanim artillery.

There are other special units also available, which you will come across, but the ones I mentioned above are the most common. I suggest doing everything you can to learn as much Hebrew before joining the IDF. Learn on your own, join an ulpan, take it in school in preparation. The ulpan at Mikveh Alon was not the best read my posts to find out more about why. You can probably cover the same material in one college semester.

Most of my learning has been on the fly in my combat unit. Still, the more Hebrew you know going into the army ends up serving you the best.

You will understand commands and what to do, you will connect better with the Israelis, you will cope better in the country, etc. It behooves you to learn as much as you can. Not exactly the most important consideration, but still a factor, is how you want to live outside the army. As a lone soldier, you have multiple options, which, as I have done, you have the ability to explore and take advantage of. Like Us. Close Modal. Close Modal Search What do you want to search for?

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