The Race Is On: Infantry Officer's Course Race
5:00 in the morning. Hundreds of infantry officers-to-be stand at the starting line alongside Commander of the IDF Officers’ School, Col. Eran Niv, preparing for a 10 km race in the sandy roads of Makhtesh Ramon.
IDF Infantry Officers Course at 'Morning Jogging'
This is the course’s last phase, mere days before the cadets are awarded their new ranks. This is an tradition of the annual infantry officers course, in which the new leaders of the Infantry Corps stand shoulder-to-shoulder with their elders.
Archive: IDF soldiers during intensive training, earlier this year
By the end of the week, the cadets will be returning to their old units, taking on the role of commanders set on leading soldiers into battle.