Meitav (military unit)

Meitav (Hebrew: מיטב) is an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unit responsible for overseeing new IDF recruits and sorting them into their respective corps or basic training bases, similarly to USMEPCOM in the U.S. military. Other responsibilities include (but are not limited to) initial allocation of basic gear and discharging soldiers at the end of their service.

Meitav was created in May 2006 by merging the Bakum (בסיס קליטה ומיון, Bsis Klita UMiyun lit. Reception and Sorting Base) and the Minhag (מנהל הגיוס, Minhal HaGiyus, lit. Recruitment Administration). Meitav's headquarters are located at the Tel HaShomer military base, and its current commander as of March 2023 is Colonel Alon Matzliah.

In 2010, Meitav was the third-largest IDF unit, with 1,026 soldiers.

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