Gadna (Israel)

Today it is a one-week program of discipline and military training usually under commanders serving with the Nahal infantry brigade.

[2] Alongside preliminary training for military service, Gadna clubs taught Zionist history, promoted love of the Land of Israel and encouraged members to engage in farming and volunteerism.

[5] In June 1949, the Knesset passed a law requiring men and women who were physically and mentally fit to serve in the military from the age of 18.

The law also provided for the establishment of the Gadna semi-military framework to prepare high school students for military service.

The highest youth is taken under the base officer's wing and wears a braid on their left shoulder, or multi-colored (striped) epaulets.