They Jump Out of Planes
The IDF Paratroopers Brigade, identified by their distinctive maroon berets, is one of the most storied units in Israeli military history. Women now serve in paratrooper units, completing the same jump training, advanced infantry courses, and physically punishing selection processes as male paratroopers. Jumping out of a C-130 aircraft at 1,200 feet is the same experience regardless of gender — terrifying, exhilarating, and unforgettable.
Airborne training in the IDF includes static line jumps, combat jumps with full equipment loads, and advanced tactical insertions. Female paratroopers must meet the same physical standards — the same loaded marches, the same combat drills, the same sleep deprivation exercises. The paratroopers' final march, a brutal multiday trek that ends at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, is the same distance for everyone. Women who earn the maroon beret have earned it the only way it can be earned — the hard way.
