The paratroopers who enlist this morning will participate in a fascinating pilot • The concept: a widget that will analyze their hobbies and put them in areas that suit them • All the details
Paratroopers during training
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Eyal Margolin Ginny / Archive
Time for change:
The paratroopers who are enlisting in the Red Brigade this morning will be the first to participate in a pilot that is expected to create a real revolution in the world of combat recruitment.
As part of an innovative procedure, they will go through the sorting and touring form within the division - a process that usually takes about three days - in just three hours, using an innovative widget, which will analyze, among other things, their hobbies to put them in the areas that suit them best.
A moment after the hundreds of new recruits board the buses that will take them from the ICRC to the divisional training base, they will open the widget on their smartphones and answer a questionnaire that is divided into several parts. The "reds" - Magellan and cherry.
Archive photo: IDF Spokesman
By answering the questionnaire, the results of which will be automatically analyzed by the app, they will be assigned to the various stations in the Baha'i and will be able to skip a significant part of the traditional travel form. "Instead of hundreds of soldiers, only the relevant fighters will reach them. The soldiers who need assistance will also receive an individual response and soldiers will not fall between the chairs, "explains Major Bar Dayan, the human resources officer of the paratroopers' brigade.
To locate fighters
One of the most intriguing parts of the new questionnaires is the part that deals with the hobbies of the new warriors.
Unlike in the past, when soldiers were sent to various courses, such as medics, arbitrarily and according to the commanders' feelings, now through the questionnaires the commanders will be able to know what the recruits did before recruiting them and thus place them.
According to a senior IDF source, the questionnaire is expected to save a long working time that can now be used for training: "The technical procedures took about three days, and now the work on them will be reduced to three to five hours.
It's a huge savings in data collection. "
"Because the battlefield is changing, it requires the use of advanced technological tools that will help victory, so we want to locate technological fighters, whom we call 'tech warriors,'" the senior official explains the rationale behind the new venture. Will probably be adopted by the rest of the combat units.
"This is a profit for everyone and a revolutionary event for the IDF.
If Malshav was the world champion in saving lives in MDA, I want him to attend a medic course;
If he was a navigation expert in a pre-military preparatory school, I want him as a sharp navigator;
And if he specialized in flying skimmers, there is no reason not to take advantage of that ability in the military.
The IDF is the largest placement company in the Middle East, and we accept the best of the State of Israel, so we need to pinpoint the soldiers and position them according to the talents they bring with them.
"Arming is appropriate for the purpose. We do not want them to forget what they bring from home on the day they wear a uniform, but on the contrary - to utilize these capabilities for our benefit and for the benefit of the State of Israel."
Save heartache
"Instead of wasting time on Excel spreadsheets, I can focus mainly and create the right placement," explains Major Bar Dayan, "instead of sending a fighter to an interrogator course, I will take a soldier who has studied Arabic and upgrade him.
If a person operates skimmers, he will be able to engage in this field in the military.
"If he is a motorcycle enthusiast, I will be able to send him to an operational driving course. We will be able to quickly know who is suitable for which field and save them heartache and uncertainty," he concludes.