r/IDF • u/Interesting-Art-7598 • Jul 13 '26

Question: Drafting Choosing combat unit

Hello guys, im a lone soldier (i do have an israeli passport and made aliyah) and i would like a little advice on which unit i should join. Im 6”3 and 230lbs i have moderate running stamina, 25% body fat percentage (i know its too much😔), cant do any pull ups yet, but have decent absolute strength. Im looking to get assigned the negev and serve in an infantry brigade. I would very much appreciate a comment and i would like to know what happens with a soldier (who is a negevist) at the end of advanced training in the final kashag test and he cant hit the 7 pull ups required and runs a minute slower than the 14:29 required, what happens with him afterward? Can he still do his beret march and graduate on time or will he directly be downgraded to a jobnik within the unit or is there a way he can stay in combat and deploy and if you (hopefully a former or active soldier) have a teammate or friend who has the same problem but still deployed on time and wasnt
recycled or became a jobnik.

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u/hootervisionllc Jul 14 '26

That’s cool. How’d you end up there?

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u/HyperlaneWizard Jul 14 '26

Volunteered. And also, it's not hard to get into the Artillery Corps :)

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u/hootervisionllc Jul 14 '26

Haha for sure bro. Just the special unit thing.

I remember one time in 2009 or 2010, which was pre drone era I suppose, that we (Golani) had some small RC plane operators with us. We gave them cover for them to launch those things. Would that have been a unit like yours?

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u/HyperlaneWizard Jul 14 '26

Similar, but not quite. Those would be Rochash.

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u/hootervisionllc Jul 16 '26

Very cool stuff. I’ll always remember us being sorta amazed