Mobility Fighter and Operational Driving Instructor, Unit 444
לוחם ניוד ומדריך נהיגה מבצעית ביחידת הניוד 444
- Profile
- 82 and above
- Beret
- Red
- Combat
- Men only
What you would be doing
You drive combat vehicles — Humvee, Eitan, operational trucks and JLTVs — and teach other soldiers to do the same. You work mostly at night, alongside other combat units on raids, casualty evacuation and tunnel destruction. After service you come out with a category C driver's license.
What it takes to get in
Profile 82 and above.
Training
4 months of tironut (rifleman 05) at the Paratroopers training base, then rifleman 07, then about 8 months of a combat track in the unit.
Where you serve
In Unit 444 (Nivud), alongside special units and infantry battalions.
What it is worth afterwards
Category C driver's license.
- Physical effort
- Adrenaline and risk
- Outdoors, in the field
- A trade for civilian life