First Day at Gadna Writer:David Jacobs

Today we arrived at Gadna which is supposed to give us an idea what the IDF is like. After ariving we lined up 11 columns of 3 and were in the Hacshav position, In the Hacshav position one stands straight up, make their feet form a “V” by making their heels touch, put their hands behind their back, and form a diamond with their hands by making their palms overlap and their thumbs touch. A Mi-fa-ked, commander, pointed us in the direction of which Mifakedet/Mifaked would be ours for the next three days. There were 10 other students who had to follow the commands from the same Mifakedet as me. From there we placed our bags on our bed, Afterwards we received a uniform which we changed into after receiving. Then we received our sleeping bags and mattresses and placed them on our beds. Later that night we met the Tzamelet, Base Commander, who is one of the most intimidating persons I have ever met. After scaring all of us, we were allowed to go to sleep and rest up for our first real day of Gadna.