Israel Defense Forces (IDF)

Yes.

See related link "World Uniform Insignias - Israel' at the bottom.

The Israeli army is a very good and capable fighting force. However, they would be no match for the the entire U.S. army. They are simply too small. They would be overwhelmed.

the answer above is wrong, and the below answer is wrong...read the discussion.

Israel can beat the US because of several factors:

Superior AF, weapons, and everything else technological.(WRONG)

better trained soldiers, in every level.(WRONG)

superior intelligence.(WRONG)

superior nukes, and immune against them with the arrow missile.(WRONG)

best tanks, and anti air defenses.(WRONG)

and the us can outnumber Israels. if we need we have 2 million ready for service, and America is unlikely to deploy even 20,000 men there. countries don't just spill their armies out.

and thirdly, they are allies, they will NEVER fight each other, but israel can blo most of America if not all with their arsenal and America and realy do anything about it. (a reader's comment: This is a stupid claim that represents the typical Israeli or pro-Israeli arrogance. It makes you smile. Israeli forces failed over and over and over since 1973 when they were simply decimated and booted out of the Sinai Peninsula by the less technologically advanced Egyptian army. More failures followed: Israel's army finds it difficult to overcome small lightly armed militias, and developed a worldwide terrible reputation by showing power only in civilian unarmed areas)

Israel provides their own training, although there is cross training done between US and Israeli special operations units.

Many smaller countries (including Israel) have mandatory drafts since they would never be able to assemble a large enough military force without a mandatory draft. Israel remains in a state of war with several Middle Eastern states and is dealing with internal strife because of the Palestinian situation, as a result Israel needs to be capable of a strong military defense.

IDF Sword Battalion was created in 1948.

MDF stands for Main Distribution Frame and IDF stands for Independent Distribution Frame.The MDF is the main computer room for servers, hubs, routers, DSL's, etc. to reside. The IDF is a remote room or closet connected to the MDF by fiber optic cable. In the IDF you can expect to find hubs and patch panels.

Massada shall not fall again

Not the best, but considered to be the best in the Middle East and one of the strongest armies in the world. the Israeli air force is considered to be the best in the world after USA with 700 F16 air strikes.

No. She left Israel at a young age.

It seems like you have answered your own question: building up their military. The Israeli Air Force, Tank Divisions, Infantry, and Paratroopers were constantly trying to devise plans to effectively counter any Arab Invasion or the best first-strike in a preemptive war.

The motto of Military Police Corps - Israel - is 'Military Police - People First'.

Yes, the Givati Brigade are Israel's Marines

Not in this era, no.

The proof that Israel has prevailed through all hostilities since 1948

is the plain fact that in 2012, the nation still exists.

Because they are surrounded by enemies.

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Very few. The British were not involved in the 1948 war, as the Arab armies waited to invade Israel until the British were gone.

If the question is about the Jewish Insurgency in Mandatory Palestine, which was from the mid-1920s until 1947, the total number of British soldiers and police who died at Yishuvi (Proto-Israeli) hands was 338 persons with the largest single incident being the Bombing of the King David Hotel. However, the Yishuv stopped attacking the British when the British accepted the territory's right to independence in 1947.

On what planet was it, in which parallel universe, that Israel withdrew from the Camp David

accords ? Here on Earth, an independent Palestinian state was offered at Camp David, and

the first intifada was the response. We're not exactly sure who instigated it, but we suspect

that had it been Israel, they probably would not have called it an 'intifada'.

Hezbollah does much more posturing than actual fighting, but if we use the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War as an example for the tactics used by the paramilitary arm of Hezbollah we can see several general types of tactics. The primary means that they use to "attack" are raids on target facilities or positions and imprecise missile launches into enemy cities (often resulting exclusively in civilian casualties). Hezbollah never engages in forwards assaults or open marches. The majority of Hezbollah encounters with the enemy are defensive. They hide in civilian Lebanese villages, commandeer civilians' homes, and fight in plainclothes. Their primary strategy is to manipulate the Rules of Engagement in their favor. What this means is that they know that the Israeli military has strict orders to not fire on enemy civilians, so they use them and their property as cover. It is a particularly sickening idea to value the death of your enemy over the lives of the civilians you live with, but this is the core aspect of the Hezbollah Paramilitary policy.

The question is wrong. Americans fight for America.

Great question, because in literal translation, the equation would be correct: "Samal" means "Sergeant," and "Rishon" means "First." However, in all branches of the Israeli military, the Samal Rishon rank is one step higher than the Samal rank. In other words, a Samal found worthy of promotion is moved up one rank to Samal Rishon. In the US Army and USMC, the rank that follows that of "Sergeant" is "Staff Sergeant." Israel's rank structure closely follows that of the US, with some fun exceptions that don't apply here. But more importantly, the Israeli "Samal Rishon"--while certainly an NCO (non-commissioned officer)--is not considered a Senior NCO like the (American or Israeli) Sergeant First Class. Thus Samal Rishon = Staff Sergeant, with all associated ramifications in terms of privileges and responsibilities. I'm very curious to find out how this came to be. After all, there is of course a Hebrew word for "Staff:" It's "Segel." So why isn't the Israeli Staff Sergeant called "Samal Segel?" Perhaps to confuse the enemy? So far, my research has not come up with a better answer than my tongue-in-cheek aforesaid one. P.S.: And, yes, I served as a Staff Sergeant....