One eve of Million Protest: Haredi soldier awarded the Medal

In light of the recruitment storm, Yossi Astamker a 21 year old, a soldier in the Nahal Haredi, won this week within the framework of a model for excellence officers course now being conducted at the base Training Base 1. This is only the second time since the establishment of the Nahal Haredi battalion soldier who wins a prestigious award.

Astamker is a young Haredi from a family of 14 from the Orthodox settlement of Tifrach in the Negev, joined the Netzach Yehuda Battalion of the Nahal Haredi August 2012. He has managed to serve as a command and get the trend array Officers Training Blade Warrior Training Base 1, he successfully completed yesterday, whilst winning masterpiece battalion of excellence in the course.
Line of prizes

Astamker's winnings come joins a line of awards at the Nahal Haredi in recent months. Recent weeks received Netzach Yehuda Battalion commander of the Nahal Haredi battalion message that was selected among the best regiment infantry battalions and paratroopers on operational achievements. The prize was to be awarded to the commander on Independence Day.

Award winning headquarters paratrooper and infantry officer ( Mktzha"r , IDF parlance ) joined the battalion award winning Head of Technology and Logistics ( Technological and Logistics Directorate ) , the admirable preparations logistics battalion , including energy saving, equipment maintenance and keeping it and Ground Forces Command award ( Forces command ) the preparation commendable safety in accident prevention efforts focused . Alongside the battalion was nominated for the first time this year since its inception, the prize operational chief of staff for his achievements, which won at last second.

Winning line comes after last year the battalion was responsible for nearly 300 arrests in the Manasseh Strip, which includes the cities of Jenin and Tulkarm , and damage of 14 terrorists, the highest record in the infantry and paratroop regiments . The high operational achievements of the battalion, which meaning, among other things, is the arrest of a wanted almost every night, approaching those of the elite units in the IDF.

Following high operational achievements, Nahal Haredi Association, which was part of the establishment of the regiment and those rabbis, accompany the troops during service work these days opening service tracks for haredi soldiers in elite units in the IDF. Rabbi Yitzchak Bar-Haim , the Rabbis of Nahal Haredi Society , explains the reason for the soldiers' motivation to endure : " Today we were able to reach a state where the motivation of our soldiers is very high , despite the background noise from the outside. This is due, among other things, support and greater understanding among families of the soldiers, with whom we are in contact all the time. In the past we saw soldiers standing alone in incantations, today a large part of the family is also included. "

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