Camp Havat HaShomer

 military, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), training center

Specializes in soldiers with adaptation problems (Mak'am) - Rifleman 02

Havat HaShomer (Guest Guard) is the basis of recruits army belonging to the Education and Youth Force . Base of talented recruits recruits special populations ( Mca"m ) level of musketry 2002 front back-end service units. The base is located in Lower Galilee near the settlement Ilaniyah . It is passed basic training unique military.'s basic training course is longer than the rest of basic training courses for special populations. previously called the project name "Raful's kids", on - where its founder Rafael Eitan .

Today it serves as a basis for special populations rookies with adjustment problems. The purpose of course is to give the soldier around "protected" it could develop adaptable, all this under the slogan through the life of the base - "Thanks to faith in man" - a term distinguished from the rest of the base military bases with an emphasis on the soldier at the center, special treatment conditions. The base are four companies. Track of the contents are transferred to the standard track Rifles 02. In addition, recruits receive educational programs, relating to the Holocaust , general values ​​and Israel's wars . The soldiers also go on tours in Jerusalem and northern Israel.

All non-combat recruits are certified with Rifleman 02, while combat recruits must at least complete the Rifleman 03 basic training. All recruits in the IDF basic training wear the general all-army khaki beret and get their corps beret upon completion, in a ceremony where the recruits swear in to the IDF. Infantry units and some others such as military police swear in at the Western Wall.

Rifleman 02
Knowledge of the M16 assault rifle (theory and practical)
Ability to hit targets with the M16 assault rifle (out of at least fifteen bullets)
Knowledge of the standard IDF communications equipment (theory and practical)
Knowledge of first aid (theory)
Knowledge of how to protect oneself against chemical and biological weapons/hazards (theory and practical)

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