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L-TUrLTL<br />
החח<br />
Fighters —Gadna<br />
On Sunday, February 2, <strong>1986</strong>, 25 misfits<br />
boarded a mini-bus. Destination: Tsalmon’s Base<br />
in the lower Galilee.<br />
For the next tw o weeks our every second was<br />
filled. Those of us who planned to get in some<br />
letter-writing, reading or knitting soon realized<br />
this was the Army. With those few precious<br />
spare moments we could grab, sleep took<br />
priority. Our days were filled with running,<br />
obstacle courses, running, hiking, running,<br />
weaponry lessons, running, topography classes...<br />
(get the picture?) And I guess you want to know<br />
about the food. Maybe some things are better<br />
left unsaid. But since we know you’re all dying<br />
to know: picture all the stale bread, eggs,<br />
oranges and over-sweetened tea you can eat and<br />
drink for every meal for 2 weeks. But however<br />
bad the food was you could guarantee that when<br />
the signal (B’tai Avon) was heard, the ravenous<br />
animals attacked.<br />
We have to mention ‘misdar’. This is a dirty<br />
word. It not only means inspection but also<br />
means clean your room, wash the floor, dry the<br />
floor, shake out your blankets, dust the<br />
furniture (i.e. the door and windows), scrub the<br />
toilets, hide all your personal possessions from<br />
view and make sure your canteens are bone-dry.<br />
I don’t even think Buckingham Palace has this<br />
done three times daily.<br />
The obstacle course record goes to Mandy<br />
who managed to run a three-minute course in<br />
eight minutes without actually getting over any<br />
of the obstacles. Kol Hakavod. But seriously<br />
now, Gadna was one of the best things we did<br />
this year. After all, we did get uniforms.<br />
Mandy & Linda<br />
UNCLE SHMUEL<br />
WANTS YOU!
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