Bahad ( he, בה"ד, short for ''Bsis Hadrakha'' ( he, בסיס הדרכה), ''lit.'' Training base) is a military training base in the Israel Defense Forces. 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'' ( he, בט"ר, short for ''Bsis

Tironut Tironut ( he, טירונות) 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 ...

'' ( he, בסיס טירונות)). Many Bahads were located in Camp Yadin (

Tzrifin Tzrifin ( he, צְרִיפִין) 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 t ...

), until the establishment of Camp Ariel Sharon 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

Mitzpe Ramon Mitzpe Ramon ( he, מִצְפֵּה רָמוֹן, Ramon Lookout; ar, متسبي رمون) is a local council in the Negev desert of southern Israel. It is situated on the northern ridge at an elevation of 860 meters (2,800 feet) overl ...

. 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 is a military specialization which engages in ground combat on foot. Infantry generally consists of light infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry & mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and m ...

(now part of a brigade that consists of 3 bases). * Bahad 4 - a.k.a. Batar Zikim, located near kibbutz

Zikim Zikim ( he, זִיקִים) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The kibbutz was established in 1949 on lan ...

(recruit training). *Bahad 5 - the school for Armored Corps. *Bahad 6 - the school for

Logistics Corps The Israeli Logistics Corps is a support corps in the IDF Technological and Logistics Directorate, which centralizes the logistical activity in the IDF, including the transporting of supplies, shipments of fuel, construction, and transport. Its ...

. *Bahad 7 - the school for

C4I Corps The C4I Corps (, ''Heyl HaTikshuv''), or Teleprocessing Corps, is a combat support corps of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) under the command of the Teleprocessing Branch, formerly the Computer Service Directorate. The C4I Corps is responsible ...

(telecommunications and computers). * Bahad 8 - Wingate Institute, fitness and hand-to-hand combat. *Bahad 9 - the school for

Artillery Corps Artillery is a class of heavy military ranged weapons that launch 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, ...

. *Bahad 10 - the school for

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

. Also houses the School for Communication and Coordination, of COGAT. *Bahad 11 - Adjutant Corps 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 The Israeli Combat Engineering Corps ( he, חיל ההנדסה הקרבית, ''Heil HaHandasa HaKravit'') is the combat engineering forces of the Israel Defense Forces. The Combat Engineering Corps beret's color is silver and its symbol featur ...

. *Bahad 15 - the school for Intelligence Corps. * Bahad 16 - the school for search and rescue, Home Front Command, located in Tzrifin. *Bahad 20 - the school for the Ordnance Corps. *Bahad 600 - the school for the

Israeli Navy The Israeli Navy ( he, חיל הים הישראלי, ''Ḥeil HaYam HaYisraeli'' (English: The Israeli Sea Corps); ar, البحرية الإسرائيلية) is the naval warfare service arm of the Israel Defense Forces, operating primarily i ...

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 Pardes Hanna-Karkur ( he, פַּרְדֵּס חַנָּה-כַּרְכּוּר) is a town in the Haifa District of Israel. In it had a population of . History An Arab village named Karkur had stood at this location by the time the Palestine ...

."Camp Dotan - Camp 80"
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