Caracal battalion

[Tikkun LGM]

il caracal è il solo battaglione misto (uomini-donne) delle idf con funzioni operative .

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a female soldier and her male counterpart from the israeli army's caracal battalion search for infiltrators as they operate a mobile observation point june 12, 2007 on the israeli-egyptian border north of eilat. named after a wild cat, the light infantry battalion is the only mixed female-male fighting unit in the israeli defense forces. with female commanders and fighters living and serving shoulder-to-shoulder with their male comrades, caracal is currently assigned to protect israel's southern frontier with the sinai desert where they face bedouin smugglers, palestinian infiltrators and even darfur refugees seeking sanctuary in the holy land.