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-- the privilege of serving;
-- adapting to military and basic training;
-- developing fitness in preparation;
-- the IDF as a positive force in society; and
-- and preparing parents to accept their children's role as future warriors.
Since the run-up to the 1948 war, training for military service was common, especially through Youth Battalions, but in 1984 programs included school indoctrination "as part of the ordinary curriculum."
Today's program is called "Willingness to Serve and Readiness for the IDF," mandated for three years in high school, the program's goal being:
"Preparing the entire youth population to service in the IDF, while strengthening their readiness and willingness to perform a substantial and contributing service, each to his abilities, and emphasizing the importance of serving in combat units."
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