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IDF Major (reserves) Mordechai Moshe, 63, is a resident of the Gonen neighborhood of the capital. He is responsible for the vehicle fleet of a brigade, serving there for the past 42 years.

�I love the IDF and my country� he explains to MyNet, adding, �I believe the State of Israel needs people�.

Mordechai entered the IDF in 1972 at the age of 17 and four months old. Upon completion of basing training, he served for a long time in the 869th Brigade, which became the 14th Brigade down the road.

During the Yom Kippur War in 1973, he was a driver, responsible for getting ammunition to tanks in the field�.

�We have nowhere else to go, no other country�, cites Mordechai.

Mordechai�s son Ofir is following in his footsteps, signing a form to continue volunteering in reserve duty at the age of 41. He continues serving in the communications battalion in the Central Command.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photo Credit: IDF Spokesman Unit)