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News Brief
2/23/2007, Adar 5, 576730% of IDF's New Officers Are Religious
The IDF has welcomed hundreds of new men and women to the ranks of combat officers with the completion of the latest combat officers' training course on Thursday. 30% of the soldiers who completed the course consider themselves religious or "traditional."
The unit with the highest success rate is the Paratroopers: 97% of the paratroopers who entered the Officers' Course completed it successfully. 60% of the new officers are from the Infantry Corps (which include the paratroopers), 15% from Engineering, 8% from the tanks and another 8% from Artillery. 6% of the new officers are women.