The agreement was approved this week by Chief of Staff Kochavi and will be signed at the end of the officers' course
After about a year and a half of staff work, the IDF publishes the "Officer's Charter", which will be signed by all army officers at the end of the officers' course. The convention, approved this week by Chief of Staff Lt. Col. Aviv Kochavi The IDF first defined what an officer was, and assigned him six main duties: to initiate, learn, prepare, decide, lead and execute.
The officer's charter will be attached to the "IDF Spirit" document, and the signing will take place at the end of the officers' course, upon arrival at the unit. In a few weeks, all members of the General Staff Forum are expected to convene and sign the document, after which all officers serving in the army will be required to sign it within about two months.
In March 2019, the Chief of Staff, Lt. Col. Aviv Kochavi, instructed to establish a multi-armed team led by the Operations Division and the IDF Brigade in order to formulate an up-to-date and unified definition of the IDF commander, The team, led by the head of the IDF Brigade, Brigadier General Avi Gil, did a long job of analyzing the officer's definitions over the years in the various units, with members of the IDF General Staff Forum being active partners in compiling the document.
In the last week, the work was presented to the Chief of Staff, who approved the officer's definition, the officer's orders and the officer's charter. From now on, an IDF officer is defined as a commander - task, professional and humane, with leadership ability High analytical skills, decision-making ability and ability to execute, even under pressure and in the face of any difficulty ... Acts responsibly and stately, with a sense of mission to defend the state and in the spirit of the IDF.
Serves as a role model in the IDF and an "example in Israeli society."
In another document, under the heading "I undertake - the officer's charter", the line appears: "I chose and was authorized to serve as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces."
The IDF places great emphasis on initiative, self-learning, mentoring and training commanders, a high level of execution, and more. The document was signed with the sentence: "I chose and I was chosen to lead and lead.
I accept a heavy responsibility out of a deep commitment, and I undertake to realize all of the above, and to serve as a model in all my actions, in the sense of 'from me you will see and you will do'. "