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henank Donating Member (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-04-08 06:25 AM
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First female Arab soldier joins elite IDF unit
History is being made

History is being made in the Israel Air Force. A female Arab soldier has joined the IAF’s elite Airborne Combat Search and Rescue Unit 669, for the very first time in this illustrious unit’s history.

Unit 669 is considered one of the IDF’s premier elite units. Its main function is to rescue and extricate wounded soldiers from combat zones, under heavy enemy fire in most cases. The unit also often helps rescue civilians injured during various catastrophic incidents.

Seeing as the unit is typically involved in sensitive, and highly classified, IDF operations, soldiers serving in this unit require an extremely high security classification.

A Muslim soldier has consequently never served in this unit in either an administrative or combat capacity, that is until the aforementioned Muslim medic managed to circumvent this barrier as well.

The female soldier in question, a resident of an Arab village in northern Israel, volunteered to serve in the IDF, though not obligated to do so. She completed her medic training course with top honors, and was immediately placed with unit 669. The unit was stunned to learn of her Muslim origins, and an investigation later revealed that an error was made concerning her security classification.
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AlertLurker Donating Member (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-04-08 07:13 AM
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1. I love it - first female to join "Unit 669"
"Unit 669?"

Where do I sign up???

Seriously, you just can't make this shit up!!!
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