[quote=Gun Grape;491491][quote=Stan187;491384]The 25% figure is way overblown. At least 10-15% of those are ultra-orthodox who legally wiggle out of serving. Of the other 10-15%, many are women who get shortened army assigments anyway.
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You didn't read the article. From the first link
A 4% increase isn't an indication that the population is sold on the cause.
After seeing how people volunteer to go on deployments as soon as a MEU does a real world mission, I'm surprised that the number isn't much higher. Its more of the "If I'm going to be in the Army, I want to do something, See some action" response of a young male than anything else. Young male testosterone and peer pressure of not wanting to have the people think I wasn't as tough as them. Or couldn't measure up.
I think if you poll all us old military types, especially the combat arms ones, we would just about all say "Been there, Done that."
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Nearly twice the enlistment in the brigade that took some of the heaviest casualties and was sent into the worst hot spots during the Lebanon war, and the one that is the first called on the Northern front.. I think its a pretty notable point.