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The thing about Gadna: fake Army prep bootcamp
The thing about Gadna is that you wake up at 5:45 am after sleeping next to 20+ girls in a tent that is more made out of holes then canvas. 
The thing about Gadna is that they give you uniforms meant to be worn by 50 year old men.
The thing about Gadna is that you standing at attention and making a chet ( the letter that looks like a table) becomes a bigger part of your life then anything else
The thing about Gadna is that they bring you into the field and teach you how to crawl on sand and rocks and thorns while you are shouting " sand is tasty, thorns are comfortable " in Hebrew to your 19 year old comander.
The thing about Gadna is that it is made to be a very big deal but isn't at all
The thing about Gadna is that you are put with 17 year old girls and boys who cry to their mothers when you really just want to chill out
The thing about Gadna is that you get to shoot an M16 that will totally rock your world and make you feel empowered.
The thing about Gadna is that they take you in the middle of nowhere and it makes you realize how incredible the Negev is (the Israeli desert) especially when you realize it takes over 60 % of Israel's land up and only 15% of the population resides there.
That is pretty much all that there is to know about Gadna,
and that it made me really excited for the Army in a couple of months.

Lots of excited hugs,
Michali