A floor full of moss and useless showers: the neglect at the base of the Central Command
The soldiers at Nabi Musa base in the Jordan Valley protested to their commanders about the poor conditions, which include flaking walls and power outages. Military officials explained that the budget intended to improve infrastructure was transferred to other issues under the multi-year plan. IDF: "Infrastructure is in the process of continuous improvement and development"
A floor full of moss and useless showers: the neglect at the base of the Central Command
Photo: IDF Spokesman, Edit: Shaul Adam(In the video: Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi tours Bethlehem, last week)
For the past decade, the Nabi Musa base of the Central Command in the Jordan Valley has been a base that soldiers do not like to reach, to say the least. The reason is not necessarily the extreme weather conditions prevailing in the area, nor the old infrastructure. Although the IDF invested resources, according to the budget officers assigned to the base were only scanty and the infrastructure was not renewed from end to end as required. The officers also maintained that the level of maintenance was low, mainly because of the turnover of the training forces in the fire area adjacent to the base, and therefore there was a gap between the commanders' quarters. To those of the alternating forces.
This past weekend, it seems that the extreme cold and incessant rain made the difference as soldiers protested to the commanders about the poor condition of some of the ultra-Orthodox and the infrastructure at the base. The commanders, in turn, dismissed the soldiers by passing their criticism to more senior levels.
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Negev at training base Nabi Musa in the Jordan Valley (Photo: -, official website)
The sealed windows do not allow ventilation. Neglect at Nabi Musa training base
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The soldiers say parts of the base are unworthy: the walls in the bedrooms are peeling and dirty, the doors do not always close - especially during sandstorms, the electricity infrastructure is very old and probably a reason for power cuts, and some do not work, thus affecting the air conditioners. The windows were sealed so you couldn't open them and ventilate the rooms, the beds are very old, the floor is full of moss, and the showers are so old that some are unworthy. The soldiers claimed that these conditions also impair the quality of the training.
Similar conditions at the Southern Command Training Base were recently revealed in Walla! NEWS, and brought to the attention of the senior commanders. A few weeks ago, the Southern Command's commander, Maj. Gen. Ratzi Halevi, came to the area to closely monitor the work and ensure that the renovation of the buildings and infrastructure progressed according to the schedules he set for engineers and contractors.
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To the full articleA gap between the commander's quarters and the training force gap. Neglect at Nabi Musa training base
Negev at training base Nabi Musa in the Jordan Valley (Photo: -, official website)
Military officials said that "the IDF has spent quite a bit of the budget intended to improve the infrastructure of the onshore training facilities for other issues, given the priorities created by the multi-year program," Drift ". The problems of the place are known and addressed. "
The IDF spokesman said in response that "as part of the training camps, a large-scale renovation was approved for the battalion training complex in the Nabi Musa camp, and construction work is underway today. The construction work at the Nabi Musa base is being carried out outside the camp fence in a separate area. Regular. A number of infrastructure series were carried out in this complex - among other things, a new fence was built, the sewerage infrastructure was arranged and roof sealing works, air conditioners and electrical infrastructure were added. The IDF's infrastructure area is undergoing continuous improvement and development and the new complex is expected to be delivered to the IDF this August. .
