How are the military exercises of Israeli high school students
Israeli high school students are not to be envied. As soon as their last school year ends, they are taken to the army, where they will serve ... three years! But before falling into the hands of experienced military men who know firsthand what order and discipline are, high school students must learn this very discipline. For this, there are preparatory camps in which Israeli youths (and increasingly girls!) Go through a full-fledged military training before entering the army. They crawl through the mud, carry weights in the water, learn to assemble and disassemble weapons and lie in the trenches. And of course, terribly tired. But what will you not do to protect the Motherland?
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1. Israeli high school students who are preparing to join the army undergo training at a private military camp near Yakum, Central Israel. (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP Photo)
2. Israeli high school students crawl on the grass during a training camp near Yakum. (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP Photo)
3. Teachings on military operations in the village. (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP Photo)
4. Briefing on the AK-47 in the city of Netanya. (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP Photo)
5. Teachings on military operations in the village. (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP Photo)
6. Part of physical training. After high school, every high school student (and increasingly high school student) has three years of military service hanging over them, so boys and girls need time to get in shape and improve their chances of being accepted into elite units. (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP Photo)
7. Teachings on military operations in the village. (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP Photo)
8. One of the high school students takes apart an AK-47 while the second is doing push-ups on the floor. (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP Photo)
9. Running in the water with a load on the shoulders is part of the training at a private camp in Shfaim. (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP Photo)
10. Someone was either tired or realized that they definitely didn’t want to join the army. (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP Photo)
11. Getting a tire out of the mud is part of strength training for Israeli high school students. (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP Photo)
12. Capture of a building during a military exercise in a village in Mizra, Northern Israel. (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP Photo)
13. A moment of mutual encouragement. (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP Photo)
14. The ability to dig a shooting trench and lie down in it is another part of the training. (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP Photo)
15. And crawl again ... (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP Photo)
16. A moment of rest. (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP Photo)
17. An instructor helps an exhausted Israeli teenager to his feet. (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP Photo)
18. Who said it would be easy? (Photo by Oded Balilty / AP Photo)
Keywords: Army | Military | Israel | Teenagers | Schoolchildren