Yom Kippur War anniversary: IDF drafts reserves in drill –.
(The $64,000 question: Is this really a “drill.” – JW)
Thirty-eight years after the Yom Kippur War broke out, the IDF held a surprise drill on Thursday for two reservist divisions in an effort to prepare the Reserve Corps for possible emergency call-up orders.
The drill was held was overseen by IDF Chief of General-Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz, and included units from the Northern Command and the Central Command.
Col. Shlomi Feuer called the drill “rare,” saying that units usually received a warning of several months before holding such an exercise.
“The Drill is intended to prepare the IDF in face of the growing instability in the region,” Foyer said. “This is a rare occurrence and it was not just a coincidence that it happened today, on the eve of Yom Kippur.
During the drill, he continued, “The General Staff passed on emergency callup orders to the Northern Command and Central Command, which in return issued orders to the divisions, brigades and then on to the relevant battalions.”
“The goal is to cut down the amount of time it takes for a reservist to be drafted, to reach the emergency warehouses to receive their equipment and to be prepared for combat,” Feuer said.
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