The speech of the Chief of Staff, Lt. Col. Harzi Halevi, at the Chief of Staff's Distinguished Service Ceremony: (IDF Spokesman)
The Chief of Staff, Lt. Col. Hertzi Halevi, last week convened the General Staff Forum for a first meeting, during which the senior officials discussed the IDF's multi-year plan (2008) for the next five years.
At the center of the discussion, Chief of Staff Halevy emphasized increasing readiness for a campaign against Iran, preparing for a multi-arena campaign, strengthening the relationship between the army and society and the command and control organization. In Halevy's view, the IDF's
top priority is the treatment of people: permanent, regular and reserve, This is alongside dealing with challenges regarding the relationship between the army and society in Israel.
Among other things, against the background of the pilots' protest around the legal revolution, the recruitment law and the proper integration.
Also, Chief of Staff Halevy emphasized during the discussion on increasing readiness for the campaign against Iran. As part of this preparation, the IDF is required to accumulate capabilities and improve on several levels the existing skills in attack, defense and intelligence gathering.
According to senior Air Force officers, the level of preparedness in the attack today is "good", and a year of intensive training is required to reach an "excellent level", according to their definition.
An underground base in Iran.
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Another issue that was at the center of the discussion was the preparation for a multi-arena campaign.
That is, strengthening the IDF's ability to fight in several arenas at the same time, at the front and in depth. This issue was defined as sensitive and as requiring precise plans. Chief of Staff Halevi instructed the Air Force to develop capabilities to operate simultaneously in several arenas in a variable manner and in accordance with the threats and challenges on the ground.
According to sources in the defense system, the planes, the skills of the army, the armament and the scope of the SDF, which has been accumulated in recent years and will be increased in the 2015 years - will allow the IDF effective flexibility in several arenas at the same time.
Sources in the defense system also added that as part of the program, it is necessary to reduce gaps in the training of the reserve forces that were created following the outbreak of the Corona virus, in which some of the reserve brigades were not trained.
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Chief of Staff Halevi also emphasized that the IDF's training schedule - in the air, at sea and on land, is expected to increase in the coming years and assumed that by the end of this year it is necessary to increase the assimilation of new systems and means of combat in the ground forces.
In addition, Halevi assumed that, apart from the integration of the air, land, intelligence and fire forces, it is required to integrate advanced cyber capabilities into every system.
During the discussion, the Chief of Staff emphasized the organization of command and control in routine and emergency situations in a way that would encourage multi-dimensionality in attack and defense - and would allow for ongoing operational dialogue between all the troops, arms and wings, and multi-arena. In the Chief of Staff's view, improving the command and control processes would enable a multi-arena war.
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