One of the features of the Israeli army is that soldier’s interests are put first.

The IDF (Tzahal) believes that if a soldier is provided, satisfied with the conditions of accommodation, service and relaxation, feels support and understanding from colleagues and management, the army only benefits. Therefore, great importance is attached not only to the household things, but also to psychological well-being of soldiers.

In one of my posts I have mentioned that before the secret operation Jonathan soldiers were let go home to spend the evening with family. After this the operation was not so secret as before. But the soldiers at full force came to perform, perhaps, the last task in their life, nobody refused. The commander of any unit knows everything about his soldier. Absolutely everything: where he studied, where he lives, the family he is from and what his hobbies are. And it is not just the general awareness, but sincere attention.

Especially different attitude is paid to so-called lone soldiers: they are not orphans, they are soldiers who serve away from their relatives or whose relatives can not help them. Realizing how important it is for a soldier to feel the support of the family, the IDF tries to fill the life of a lone soldier with habitual "home" traditions. 5 thousand lone soldiers serve a permanent service in the Israeli army, about 3 thousand of them are immigrants. Many of them are the children of those people who have not simply "arrived" to Israel yet. Such a lone soldier has nowhere to go for a weekend or holidays, he has to do all the household chores by himself. In Israel this "problem" is solved this way: people across the country offer lone soldiers communication when a soldier can come to visit, spend holidays together, help to find a cheaper accommodation, buy furniture, appliances... Such a kind of adoption is. Special clubs for socializing of lone soldiers are being opened. These clubs cooperate with different youth organizations.

And also the IDF has one priceless tradition: once during the military service the army pays for a lone soldier’s travel to relatives abroad. Sometimes it happens that a soldier is not allowed to leave Israel, then IDF brings his parents. I invite you to watch how recently such a meeting took place on the base of the Israeli Air Force. It was attended by soldiers, immigrants from the CIS. Two Antons, who had not seen their relatives for several years, met with their parents. I will not comment, everything is clear from the video. I just want to say that I hope that the Ukrainian army is able to achieve such a relationship with a soldier, as Israelis do.