IDF’s Search and Rescue Brigade Drills for Multi-Front War

• IDF’s Search and Rescue Brigade Drills for Multi-Front War
  by ANNA AHRONHEIM, https://www.jpost.com/
  Thousands of troops took part in drill which took place from the Golan Heights to the Negev
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  Israel’s Search and Rescue Brigade has completed a large-scale drill from the Golan Heights all the way to the Negev Desert simulating significant infrastructure damage sustained from a multi-front war.
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  The drill saw more than a thousand soldiers and reservists working on several fronts affected by simultaneous missile strikes causing widespread infrastructure damage over the course of several days, the commander of the IDF’s Search and Rescue Brigade, Col. Yossi Pinto, told The Jerusalem Post.
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  With the thousands of troops taking part, it was the brigade’s largest drill of the year that saw many capabilities and techniques trained over the course of the week. As the drill took place across the entire country, troops and equipment were also flown from one front to the other.
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  “The biggest challenge was the control of the troops over a number of incidents over a period of time,” Pinto said, explaining that “if you put enough troops in one spot at the same time, it’s much easier to control than when you have troops spread all over the country dealing with several incidents. That’s much more challenging.”
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  While the command was originally meant to deal with rocket strikes in civilian areas, it has expanded to include fighting in times of war, and rescuing IDF soldiers inside enemy territory in the event of a structural collapse.
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  The troops of the search and rescue brigade not only save lives during man-made or natural disasters, they are fighters serving in the West Bank for 10 months out of the year, as well as guarding Israel’s borders with Egypt and Jordan.
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