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Last update - 04:53 02/02/2008 ANALYSIS: IDF has already learned lessons of Second Lebanon War By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Israel, Winograd, Lebanon War  The Israel Defense Forces did not exactly wait trembling for the conclusive Winograd war probe report. This is mainly due to the fact that senior members of the establishment have already taken responsibility for their actions and quit the army a number of months after the war. It should be recalled that the IDF already referred to the subject with the publication of the report into the Second Lebanon War by State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss. The army continues to stick to the line that it is learning the lessons of the war, and is doing all it can to correct mistakes it made. Nevertheless, this is a long process which includes institutional and outlook changes, establishing a training program and more. Advertisement The principal goal of this program is to ensure that in every future conflict, the IDF will achieve a different result to that which it reached in the 34-day conflict with Hezbollah in 2006. At present it can be said that a substantial part of the areas requiring improvement have already been taken care of, and some have already been implemented in the field, and other areas are in the course of being assimilated in work plans. The IDF did not wait for the report and immediately after the war, under the instruction of former IDF chief of staff Dan Halutz, initiated a thorough and fundamental process of investigation and lesson-learning-including all issues and at all levels. These probes were executed by over 70 different teams, which were made up of experts, senior and junior officers, as well as reservists with a wealth of experience. As a lesson from the Second Lebanon War, the IDF's operational perception has been updated, and today there is an emphasis on integrating the different corps in training and warfare, and strengthening ground forces' maneuvering ability. This outlook has even been tried out and assimilated within the framework of recent training operations. A central conclusion made by the investigation process related to the area of training, and the need for the frequent training of regular and reservist ground forces. It should be stressed that also with regard to this subject the IDF has not waited for the final Winograd committee report, and has executed wide-ranging training exercises since the war. As part of the accelerated process of increasing its readiness and fitness, the IDF has prepared a comprehensive training program for combat units, including an extensive one for the reserves. As such, there has been a 200 percent increase in the number of regular brigade-level training exercises in the IDF Northern Command as opposed to in 2006, and a 200 percent hike in the number of reservist brigade-level training exercises at the IDF center for ground forces training at Tze'ilim since 2006, in addition to an 80 percent increase in all ground forces training exercises since 2006. Furthermore, Current Chief Of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi approved last year the "Tefen" multi-year and multi-dimensional procurement program to implement lessons learnt in the war, while at the same time preparing for future strategic threats and challenges, based on an analysis of the different zones of combat. The budget for the multi-year program stands at NIS 250 billion. Related articles: PMO: War report backs decision to launch final IDF ground op PM's camp pressures Labor to stay in coalition post-Winograd War probe said to fault execution of final IDF ground offensive The partial Winograd report of April 2007 Bookmark to del.icio.us   'British Oskar Schindler' Nicholas Winton, who saved 669 Jewish children during the Holocaust, is up for the Nobel. Pride of Israel Tennis: Shahar Peer beats Russia's Dinara Safina to give Israel 1-0 lead in the Fed Cup.   1.   IDF didn`t learn anything 18:37  |  Analysis2 30/01/08   2.   "IDF has already learnt lessons of Second Lebanon War." Really? 18:39  |  bat yam 30/01/08   3.   How about a Winograd Repot to Create Peace 19:04  |  Markus 30/01/08   4.   ...I DOUBT IT !! (Trust me) 19:10  |  C.H. Armutta 30/01/08   5.   I am sure they have! 19:27  |  Nabulsi 30/01/08   6.   SO RIGHT.!!!WE KNOW WHAT TO DO .. 19:33  |  Lebanoni Armsdeal 30/01/08   7.   Who will die for Israel 20:44  |  Ahmed 30/01/08   8.   To Markus 21:04  |  Johnathan 30/01/08   9.   Those who know do not speak. Those who speak 21:10  |  Stephen in New York 30/01/08   10.   To #7 21:33  |  Oleg 30/01/08   11.   The rot in Israeli society 22:22  |  Clickfool 30/01/08   12.   To Jonathan 22:27  |  Markus 30/01/08   13.   To # 19 22:53  |  Ahmed 30/01/08   14.   Winograd will never reveal what did goes on in that war 00:05  |  e.m.Jordan is Palest 31/01/08   15.   Winograd will never reveal what did goes on in that war 00:05  |  e.m.Jordan is Palest 31/01/08   16.   To #13 00:15  |  Oleg 31/01/08   17.   To #13 Unfinshed Business 00:22  |  Oleg 31/01/08   18.   Clickfool, military genius 00:31  |  Stephen in New York 31/01/08   19.   To clickfool #11 00:36  |  Lenny 31/01/08   20.   Military lessons ! 00:40  |  Truths 31/01/08   21.   CFOOL.re Rot in society"Chop his head off like a pig".Moslem Brit 01:07  |  PETER SM 31/01/08   22.   Will Israel learn the most important lesson from Winograd report? 01:21  |  Pablo B 31/01/08   23.   #3 Marcus, you are mixed up,Army is not 01:25  |  TOMY 31/01/08   24.   IDF may have draw lessons but not the Left 01:26  |  Frank 31/01/08   25.   11 Clickfool 02:17  |  leo 31/01/08   26.   how on earth do we fight wars these days?... 02:27  |  Joey 31/01/08   27.   Hezbollah - Winning by Losing 02:38  |  Reid 31/01/08   28.   #11 Lots of Rot in the UK 02:54  |  * BEN JABO 31/01/08   29.   Hey Oleg re #7 Ahmed 03:26  |  Barry 31/01/08   30.   #15 Thank You Ben Jabo for the BEST post ever! 03:32  |  Barry 31/01/08   31.   TRUTHS YOU attacked Israel.!! 04:42  |  PETER SM 31/01/08   32.   Winograd didn`t make the grad[e] 13:08  |  eddie - Haifa 31/01/08   33.   #3 Marcus. Great Thinking 4 Peace. I back U. 15:27  |  Josua 31/01/08   34.   #8Jonathan, just think about this..... 15:43  |  Harry 31/01/08   35.   I thought the IDF won a great victory over Hesballa 18:07  |  igco 31/01/08   36.   7# to cousin ahmed 18:54  |  A POOR IDIOT 31/01/08   37.   let`s mull over a bit more ab. meanings of 00:27  |  bozhidar balkas 01/02/08   38.   IDF should retaliate "DISPROPORTIONATELY". Then Yew-Haters 05:47  |  Vittorio 01/02/08   39.   Thank you 26 06:48  |  Tyrone 01/02/08   40.   We`re all guilty 13:06  |  Eli 01/02/08   41.   Spinograd 16:08  |  Joseph . E 01/02/08   42.   The Winograd Report & The May 15th Prophecy 20:22  |  Leon 01/02/08   43.   Just shuffling the chairs on the Titanic (nt) 02:38  |  David King 02/02/08   44.   Hezbollah learned too 08:13  |  Lee 02/02/08   45.   learning 20:30  |  Paul 02/02/08   46.   #44 Lee - VA 18:11  |  * BEN JABO 03/02/08

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