Meitav (military unit)

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rdf:langString Meitav (Hebrew: מיטב) is a military unit 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). In practice, it is a military base where new Israel Defense Forces recruits are sorted into their respective corps or basic training bases, similar 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. The Reception and Sorting Base, located in Tel HaShomer is still commonly referred to as the Bakum and its new name, Meitav, as the unit's name, is virtually unknown outside the army. A possible reason for this is that meitav is the name of the military unit that resides on the base and is responsible for the different sorting tasks, but not the name of its location. Meitav's headquarters are located at the Tel HaShomer military base, and its current commander is Colonel Nimrod Arjuan. In 2010, Meitav was the third-largest IDF unit, with 1,026 soldiers.