Reply To: So who here has actually been in the IDF?

I served in the 80’s. I only did 1 year and 1 month but was supposed to do 2 years. Honestly, I did not see any of the issues people warn about, the znus, – we didn’t have females as fellow soldiers, they were in their own units. the lack of Kashrus? there were Mashgichim who checked the kitchens. Frum soldiers were allowed to make minyanim on the base. Maybe now it’s worse, I can’t say. I do know several boys from our community who have served and are not worse off in their frumkeit. I found overall very good people there (once out of basic training).