Oketz Fighter (Canine Unit)
לוחם עוקץ
Role facts
from the official pageMedical profile
Minimum profile: 8282 and above
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What the role is like
What you would be doing
the full text, nothing cutYou're a special-forces fighter who works in a pair with a combat dog. Together you carry out special operations — arrests, searches, covert infiltration — serving alongside other elite units. After about 8 months of training you get your own dog, and you train together for about 8 more months.
What it takes to get in
Profile 82 and above, passing an exposure day and the Oketz gibush.
Training
About 3 months of tironut at the Paratroopers training base, then a commando course and unit tironut. Total training takes 16–18 months, including working with the dog.
Where you serve
At Adam base.