Volunteering in the IDF

ITC survived two weeks of volunteering in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Starting from the end of May, we were stationed on a combat base way up on the Lebanon border. We were all so excited to get our uniforms and get to work. The rest of our group consisted of cadets from military college in the US, so it definitely stayed interesting. We went on two trips, worked in the Lebanon border putting up barbed wire, worked on outposts and bunkers, kitchen duty, etc. I like pictures more than words so..enjoy:

first day in uniform

trip in the north

water hike! otzma ladies with our madricha

getting thrown into the river

ITC 2

May-June Sar-El 2011

working in flack jackets

this is the ladies bunk...

Sar-El quarters

on the bus to an outpost

medic training

Jason and me as "wounded soldiers"

tear gas training

trip to Rosh HaNikra

beautiful caves of Rosh HaNikra

the cadets hard at work :)

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