A Drone Saved a Father on Father’s Day
Today is Father’s Day in America. Back in the Five Towns, fathers are sleeping in. Kids are taping cards to the fridge. There will be barbecues, phone calls, and bad ties. Here in Israel, it is a workday. Hundreds of thousands of fathers are on base. I am on the Gaza border, doing the job […]
The Mysterious Case of the Recurring Gear Request
People keep asking why we are still raising money for helmets and vests. With 100,000 troops between the Lebanon border and the Litani River alone, the answer is simple. Gear wears out, bullets destroy integrity, and this war keeps going.
A Lot of Good Men
The IDF succeeds because of its soldiers. Often despite the army itself. The biggest thing I learned in three months of service is something most Israelis already know but rarely say out loud: the IDF works because of the people inside it, not because of the institution around them. The Gap Between the System and […]