Golani Recon Unit Completes Grueling Training Course on Mount Hermon Summit

After 14 months of intensive training, including dozens of exercises and hundreds of kilometers of navigation and marches, new fighters from the Golani Reconnaissance Unit have completed their demanding course, culminating at the summit of Mount Hermon.

The training program is divided into three main stages: individual, squad, and team. In each stage, soldiers face increasingly complex missions. The individual phase requires each fighter to undertake a four-day solo navigation trek of approximately 130 kilometers, from the Sea of Galilee to the Western Galilee.

Following this, soldiers proceed to squad training, which concludes with a five-day rolling march. This segment involves exercises in dense terrain, open areas, and urban environments. The final stage is team training, where acquired skills are practiced at a more complex and precise level, involving over 100 team exercises by the end of the course.

The final stretch, known as the 'summary,' lasted nearly a month and included 32 consecutive team exercises. In the last week alone, soldiers covered over 100 kilometers, simulated assaults on targets, and dealt with scenarios involving infiltrators, explosives, and casualties, before reaching their final destination at the Mount Hermon summit.

The training curriculum has been updated to incorporate lessons learned during the ongoing war. Captain A., the course commander, stated that experienced combat soldiers share practical lessons with trainees, including how to counter the drone threat. "I often ask myself what makes a good fighter and a unit that can accomplish complex missions," Captain A. said. "The answer is the ability to perform all tasks simultaneously and to the highest standard. That is what we measure most in this final exercise."