The IDF's first 'glatt kosher' commandos
By Yaakov Katz, JPost.com April 6, 2008
They are trained by the IDF's best instructors and are expert marksmen, scouts and urban warfare fighters.
In contrast to their counterparts in the elite units belonging to the Golani or Paratrooper Brigades, these soldiers sport large black velvet yarmulkes and sidelocks, making up the first glatt kosher Sayeret - elite reconnaissance squad - in IDF history.
150 officers graduate from 2 courses for senior military commanders
By Dylan Loh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 30 October 2009 2240 hrs
Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) |
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SINGAPORE: 150 officers graduated from two courses for senior military commanders on Friday.
In a ceremony held at the Istana, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence
Minister Teo Chee Hean presented certificates to graduates of the
courses.
The graduates are regular and National Service officers from the
Singapore Armed Forces, who have completed the "40th Command and Staff
Course" and the "10th National Service Command and Staff Course".
The courses prepare officers for senior positions in the armed forces.
Other participants include those from countries like China, India and the United States.
This is the first time the graduation ceremonies of the two courses have been combined.
- CNA/sc
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Singapore Kids ..... Senior Commanders?..........hahaha
Wrong photo lar... Those kids in the photos don't even look like they made Major, how to attend SCSC?