On Wednesday Lieutenant General Mark P. Hertling, commanding general of the U.S. Army Europe, visited Latrun, Israel as part of a two day tour of the country. Hertling met with his IDF counterpart, Major General Sami Turgeman, to discuss training cooperation between the U.S. and Israeli armies. Afterward, the Lieutenant General was given a tour of the Latrun Museum and grounds, guided by Director of the Zvi Meitar Institute for Land Warfare Studies, Gideon Avidor.
In the following video Hertling relates to the connection and similarity between the Israeli and U.S. armies.