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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Barur

We woke up at 4am and started our barur, I got the max pushups(75), max situps(86) and I didn't run I wasn't in the mood plus is doesn't count for anything. We had "breakfast" after and I ate nothing really. We found out we were going on a trip today I didn't even know. We left and the first place we went to is a tank base farther up north. We saw a small demonstration of the tanks shooting. T
he first round shot was so loud, everyone jumped back. It was crazy and unexpected. We learned a few things about the tanks and made our way to the next base. We went to a old base that they don't use anymore. It overlooks Syria and Lebanon. Its only a few kilometers away. Syria has a dam full of a lot of water they take the walls of the damn down if Israel sends tanks so it floods the whole area and the tanks can't come in. We ate lunch there and went to farther up north to small Golani base on the Syrian  border. It the 13th brigaede in Golani and they watch the border all the time. They have APC's ( armored personnel carriers) they are heavily armored like tanks , they carry 11 soldiers and the new ones have AC/Heating. There are camera around the whole tank . The top machice gun is controlled by a joystick like in video games.
( See I knew the army was like a video game) . 
They have a force field on them, and they cost a lot of money, not sure how much. They demonstrated for us how quick they can get ready if there is a war. It took under 3 minutes to be in the APC and ready to go. We left after that to go home. We got back around 6 and did some workouts. We had dinner after and again, no protein... We had some lessons on how to pick up an injured person and then went to our rooms to shower and go to sleep. 
We have to be up 440 am . 
We have a whole day of sports , should be fun. Goodnight

1 comment:

  1. WoW it's sounds so exciting! i go israel next year to serve in the army to. i am so happy i am doing it! i can't wait anymore!

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