Sayeret Golani

 military, infantry

All combat brigades in the IDF have a unit with improved weaponry and training used for reconnaissance and special forces missions, trained to use advanced weapons and reconnaissance technology, as well as hand-to-hand combat. Historically the brigades used to only have one company-sized unit outfitted to do this job, known as Palsar (Hebrew Contraction of: פלוגת-סיור, Plugat Siyur (singular) / Plugot Siyur (plural), "Reconnaissance Company").

Although the Palsar are mostly oriented at battlefield support (which is their raison d'être), many have participated in special operations during recent years. All infantry units as well as some armored units have Palsar. While in the past there were differences between the siyur units, due to the experiences of the past decades the IDF is now consolidating them into larger units with many different capabilities: battalion-sized units called Gadsar (contraction of Gdud siyur, "Reconnaissance battalion").

Each Gadsar is made up of three specialized Plugot (companies): Demolitions (Plugat Heil Handasa, or Palhan), Reconnaissance (Plugat Siyur, Palsar) and Anti-Tank / Heavy Weapons (Pluga Neged Tankim, or Palnat).

It is a truly remarkable unit of the IDF. The warrior's entire training period lasts 16 months consisting of the following phases: Hard and sometimes gruelling training which include- Infantry combat training, patrolling techniques, solitary navigation, guerrilla fighting, And Anti-Terror (in missions of rescuing hostages from various situations).

The Recon Warrior is also qualified to collect intelligence data and to abide in the enemy's territory for sustained period of time in order to do that. At the end of the complete course, the warrior is qualified to perform assignments and missions of navigation, patrolling and fighting within the borders of Israel or outside of it as well, in standards of solo-fighting (hand to hand) combat, fighting in pairs, group and team fighting. The Recon's motto is: "to anywhere we want, in anyway we choose.."


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