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It is always bizarre when people talk of "ex-Unit 8200", it is the largest unit in the IDF. Given that Israel has universal conscription you might just as well
by ryanlol 8y ago
It is always bizarre when people talk of "ex-Unit 8200", it is the largest unit in the IDF.
Given that Israel has universal conscription you might just as well call them Israeli and be done with it.
- arijun 8y agoBiggest doesn’t mean big. It’s a few thousand people big, ~1% of the IDF as a whole. And in my limited experience, it does carry clout within the tech scene in Israel. On the other hand, whenever people tout “ex Israeli military” as a positive or negative, I also find it silly. That’s the vast majority of the country!
- dogma1138 8y ago8200 and it’s sub units is double in size as the entire Israeli navy so they are closer to 10% than to 1%. 99XX and 81XX are each more than 1% of the active IDF personnel and they are much smaller than 8200.