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The first exercise of its kind by the Military Transportation Center of the IDF’s Technological and Logistics Directorate was concluded two weeks ago. The exercise, named ‘Crowning Glory’, saw the participation of hundreds vehicles on the basis of various ORBATs in potential scenarios.

In the wake of the lessons learned from the Second Lebanon War and Operation Cast Lead, the Transportation Center conducts annual exercises, whose purpose is to preserve the operational worthiness of the reserve personnel in emergency situations. In the framework of these exercises, transportation soldiers from across Israel reach the IDF’s southernmost bases and northernmost outposts and cooperate with combat forces in transportation and replenishment.

This it, possibly not by chance, a scenario was exercised in which all out war was declared unexpectedly against Israel. The battalions carried out exercises in which they were required to mobilize a full infantry brigade from one arena to another among other things, while transporting armored vehicles, logistic equipment and more. Additional scenarios simulated possible damage to transportation routes and to the Transportation Center itself, as well as simulations of missiles falling on main roads, after which the transportation personnel had to respond accordingly and plan alternative routes.

The exercise was conducted in cooperation with the Idan Formation, which simultaneously carried out its divisional exercise. In the framework of the exercise, temporary parking lots were also established in Israel’s northern and southern regions, with dozens of the center’s trucks, tow trucks and transportation vehicles assembled in each parking lot.