Bahad (, short for ''Bsis Hadrakha'' (), ''lit.'' Training base) is a military training base in the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branches: the Israeli Ground Forces, the Israeli Air Force, and ...

. Each Bahad deals with a certain field, such as law enforcement or logistics. Generally, each Bahad belongs to a certain corps and conducts all courses required by the corps in question. Some training bases also train the new recruits of the corps. The Israel Defense Forces also has several Bahads which don't belong to any particular corps and exist for the sole purpose of training new recruits. They are called recruit training bases, or ''Batars'' (, short for ''Bsis

Tironut Tironut () is the Hebrew term for the recruit training of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). There are different levels of recruit training, and each corps or major unit has their own training program. Upon completing tironut, non-combat recruits ...

'' ()). Many Bahads were located in Camp Yadin (

Tzrifin Tzrifin () is an area in Gush Dan (Dan Region) in central Israel, located on the eastern side of Rishon LeZion and including parts of Be'er Ya'akov. The area proper is defined as an 'area without jurisdiction' between the two cities. Nearly the ...

), until the establishment of

Camp Ariel Sharon Camp Ariel Sharon (, ''Mahane Ariel Sharon''), also called the City of Training Bases (, ''Ir HaBahadim''), is a complex of military bases being built in southern Israel, belonging to the Israel Defense Forces and named after the former Major Ge ...

in southern Israel. Tzrifin is being evacuated and sold to civilian contractors (due to high real estate value.) Camp Sharon is now the IDF's official training school base.

Training bases (Bahad)

* - the school for officers. Located in Camp Laskov, near

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. Does not belong to a single corps, and all soldiers train there before becoming officers, except for air force and navy shipboard officers as well as certain other officers. *Bahad 2 - the school for battalion and brigade commanders. *Bahad 3 - the school for

Infantry Infantry, or infantryman are a type of soldier who specialize in ground combat, typically fighting dismounted. Historically the term was used to describe foot soldiers, i.e. those who march and fight on foot. In modern usage, the term broadl ...

(now part of a brigade that consists of 3 bases). *

Bahad 4 Bahad 4 (), commonly known as Batar Zikim (בט"ר זיקים, ''lit.'' Zikim Training Base) is a training base (''Bahad'') belonging to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Zikim is located 8 km south of Ashkelon. It was named after the nearb ...

- a.k.a. Batar Zikim, located near kibbutz Zikim (recruit training). *Bahad 5 - the school for Armored Corps. *Bahad 6 - the school for Logistics Corps. *Bahad 7 - the school for C4I Corps (telecommunications and computers). * Bahad 8 - Wingate Institute, fitness and hand-to-hand combat. *Bahad 9 - the school for

Artillery Corps Artillery consists of ranged weapons that launch Ammunition, munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability to breach defensive walls and fortifications during sieges, and l ...

. *Bahad 10 - the school for

Medical Corps A medical corps is generally a military branch or staff corps, officer corps responsible for medical care for serving military personnel. Such officers are typically military physicians. List of medical corps The following organizations are exam ...

. Also houses the School for Communication and Coordination, of COGAT. *Bahad 11 -

Adjutant Corps The Israeli Adjutant Corps is a support corps in the IDF Human Resources Directorate. Its current commander is Tat aluf ( Brigadier general) Edna Ilya. The corps's designation is to assist IDF commanders in dealing with manpower, as well as sold ...

and General Corps. *Bahad 12 - used to be a school for non-combat officers (particularly female officers), located in Tzrifin. Now serves as the Magal academy for non-combat commanders. *Bahad 13 - the school for Military Police Corps. *Bahad 14 - the school for Combat Engineering Corps. *Bahad 15 - the school for Intelligence Corps. *

Bahad 16 Bahad 16 (; lit: Training base 16) is a training base (''bahad'') belonging to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) under the command of the Home Front Command domestic Search and Rescue (SAR) unit. Because it is the only SAR training base, ''Bahad 1 ...

- the school for search and rescue,

Home Front Command The Home Front Command (HFC; , ''Pikud HaOref'', also referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym ''Pakar'') is an Israel Defense Forces military district command responsible for civil protection. It was created in February 1992 in response t ...

, located in Tzrifin. *Bahad 20 - the school for the Ordnance Corps. *Bahad 600 - the school for the

Israeli Navy The Israeli Navy (, ''Ḥeil HaYam HaYisraeli'', ; ) is the Israel Defense Forces#Arms, naval warfare service arm of the Israel Defense Forces, operating primarily in the Mediterranean Sea theater as well as the Gulf of Eilat and the Red Sea th ...

Recruit training bases (Batar)

* - located in Camp Yehoshu'a, within the Nitzanim Nature Reserve. *Camp Dotan (Camp 80) - located in the area bordering Pardes Hanna-Karkur."Camp Dotan - Camp 80"
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