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Israeli army suffers from brain drain

April 5, 2014 at 4:21 pm

The Israeli army suffers from brain drain as many young officers prefer taking civilian jobs to extending their military service, Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Friday.


According to the newspaper, the trend has doubled over the past two years, especially among officers in technological units who quit their army service to take attractive offers in high-tech civilian industries.

The newspaper quoted an official at the 8200 unit, an intelligence unit responsible for collecting signal intelligence and decrypting code, as saying that “the unit will not be able to fulfil its obligations as many outstanding officers leave once they complete their service.”

The newspaper also pointed out that, “the combat units suffer from a similar case where nearly forty percent of the outstanding officers decide not to extend their service period.”