For the first time in IDF history: a woman was appointed brigade commander

Colonel Retig-Weiss will take up her position as the head of the Bezeq Fire Brigade and the Fire Center headquarters at the National Land Training Center

Amir Bohbot

16/06/2022

Thursday, 16 June 2022, 18:44 Updated: 19:18

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Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi today (Thursday) awarded the rank of colonel to Reut Retig-Weiss, the first brigade commander in IDF history and the first woman in that rank as a combat officer in the Artillery Corps.

Colonel Retig-Weiss, who was also the first woman to command the "Sky Rider" unit, will take up her position as the fire brigade commander of the "Bezeq" formation and the fire center commander at the National Center for Land Training.

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