FReeper Uncle Miltie Serves in the Israeli Defense Forces through Sar-El Week 3 Situation Report

Sar-El ^ | 6/6/24 | Uncle Miltie

[Uncle Miltie]

Base: Navy Base in Eilat situated at the extreme South of Israel on the Northern tip of the Gulf of Eilat (or Gulf of Aqaba to muslims).

Base Mission: Defense against incoming drones, rockets, ballistic missiles, etc. Freedom of Navigation.

Base Conditions: The Navy lives up to its reputation as the most organized service. Better food. Cleaner base (essentially no trash). More disciplined soldiery.

Weather: Daytime highs of around 107. Evening showers for bathing are in “cold” water that is room temperature: 105 degrees at 6:00 p.m.

Borders: From the beach on the Southwest shore of Eilat, you can see the lights of Eilat, Israel on your left, Aqaba Jordan across the bay and the sunset on the Jordanian hills, the Northernmost port of Saudi on the right, and knowing that Egypt is directly behind you over the hill.

Sar-El Mission: Food preparation in the fully Kosher commercial Kitchen. Serving about 100 troops per meal. Lots of vegetable chopping, deep frying chicken and potatoes, peeling hard boiled eggs. Huge amounts clean up afterwards; soap everything, hose it all down the drain, squeegee everything off.

Kashruth: Keeping Kosher across that many people is tough. Meat stuff and rooms are Red. Milk is Blue. Parve (neither meat nor milk) is Yellow. There are separate rooms, utensils, machines, cooking facilities, dishes, etc. for each flavor. Breakfast was milk. Lunch was meat, with lots of it. Dinner was either Parve or Milk, served on Milk dishes.

I saw two infractions against Kasruth. First, a chef friend promised three of us some special roast beef in spicy sauce; high class eats. It was going to take some time l, so I headed back to my vegetable chopping station in the Parve room. About five minutes later, the other two guys came storming into the room, eyes gleaming with a handful each of the roast beef. My eyes got big, and without time to form a coherent sentence, I spread my arms and corralled them, and pushed them back out of the room before they touched anything. You see, had the meat actually touched anything, it would have made it “treif” (ritually impure), probably forcing them to throw it out.

For the second infraction, I called over a young woman working in the kitchen to the water-filled bin in the meat room that held several cutting boards. I pointed to the large dead cockroach floating therein, and declared, “Treif!” All hell broke loose. You see, a cockroach is not a kosher animal, and indeed probably makes the cutting boards unusable having contaminated them. I vacated the area quickly, and the hullabaloo continued for about 5 minutes. I don’t know whether they ultimately junked the cutting boards, but that was one heck of a kerfuffle.

Ship Visit: We got a mostly complete tour of a relatively new Navy corvette. Very high tech. We had to deposit our phones in a box at the door, so no photos. Virtually everything we saw or discussed is potentially a military secret, so I’ll leave it at that. Photo on the bow of us by the crew, facing away from the ship so nothing showed. Very cool, though.

The Beach: Great beach, 2 nights. Clear blue water. Warm, somewhere in the 70s, but so much cooler than the 105 degree evening air it felt freezing until you realize your body is just getting used to a normal temperature. Lots of families. An Orthodox bridal shower was on last night.

Ballistic Missile Attack: The Houthis fired an Iranian ballistic missile at Eilat one morning while we were prepping lunch. We all scurried to the ubiquitous bomb shelters and waited. I kept my head stuck out so I could see an intercept, but nothing happened. Later, we learned that the Israeli Arrow anti-ballistic missile system had intercepted it in space. Here’s the Times of Israel report on the event:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-arrow-system-intercepted-apparent-houthi-ballistic-missile-fired-at-eliat/

Dimona: We stopped for lunch on the way to and from base in the town of Dimona. There is a restricted base there with a golf ball shaped building visible from the highway in the distance. You know.

Sar-El Team: Three good friends from two previous weeks were on this trip. This base is considered to be a plum assignment, because the Navy is great, the food is especially good, the work is consistent but not especially hard, the beach is fantastic, etc. We feel like they chose the hardest workers from previous weeks and sent them there as a reward. We had a great time. Good comradery, jokes, photos, etc.

Well, that’s a wrap for my vacation week down South. On to Jerusalem. I aim to be at the Western Wall Friday night at sundown to welcome the Shabbat Bride. I know now why they call it “The Wailing Wall”. I’m so emotional about being there I’m definitely gonna be bawling my eyes out. While G-d is everywhere, there is no place on the planet where He is more present.

In case you missed it, here is my Pre-Flight Intro:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4237961/posts

And my Week 1 Sit Rep:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4239681/posts

And my Week 2 Sit Rep

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4241282/posts

FReep on!

Uncle Miltie, Since Nov, 1999, Monthly Donor.

[gitmo]

Thank You, Uncle Miltie

[MeganC]

Shalom and may God watch over you!

Here’s one of Israel’s spiffy new ships which is about corvette size.

Uncle Miltie, please do not confirm or deny here. (-:

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/12/israel-shipyards-launches-first-shaldag-mk-v-vessel-for-israeli-navy/#:~:text=On%20December%2005%2C%202023%2C%20Israel,boat%20for%20the%20Israeli%20Navy.&text=Israel%20Shipyards%20posted%20the%20milestone,addition%20for%20the%20Israeli%20Navy.

[rlmorel]

Good for you, Uncle Miltie! Stay safe, and help eliminate Hamas totally.

Real Americans are with you.

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

Salem.

Thanks for the sitrep.

I probably missed it, but do you speak fluent Hebrew?

Ma’zel tov.

5.56mm

[Uncle Miltie]

Thank you, Sir!

[Uncle Miltie]

I speak essentially no Hebrew. I’m a formerly heavily practicing Jew from America. I can say prayers well, and that’s it. Virtually everyone here has English as a second language.

[Blurb2350]

You left out the white phosphorus. It lights up the night sky over the refugees’ tents in a most romantic way, not to mention lighting up the sleeping kiddies.

[woodbutcher1963]

Thanks for the update.
Keep up the good work.

Shalom

[dadfly]

God bless you all!

[Uncle Miltie]

It’s now my eternal pleasure to make the allahu akhbar chorus ham ass cheerleader “hardspunned” eat the following words:

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To: Uncle Miltie
Hah! I knew it. You’re chickening out now. Look, you can still do your part as planned. Go to Dearborn, sneak into a hospital, find an infant and slap her around. That ought to get you off.
11 posted on 4/14/2024, 9:35:12 PM by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: Uncle Miltie
When are YOU leaving? You were making yourself out to be the big brave Zionist defender of the women and children threat to Israel when the wholesale massacre of innocents was going strong. When?
We know you are all about fighting “Muslim pussies”, WOMEN.
When?
10 posted on 4/14/2024, 9:26:59 PM by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: Uncle Miltie
When are you going to Gaza, as promised, to get hands on some genocide? Pretty soon you child murderers will have to fight through real fighters to kill women and children. I know you’re not man enough to do that. When?
16 posted on 4/18/2024, 9:06:35 AM by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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*****​​

Y’all keep a good eye on that character! You never know quite what he’ll make up next!

[mass55th]

Thanks Uncle Miltie!! Stay well, stay safe, and God Bless you on your travels.

[Rockingham]

Based on open sources, it sounds like Uncle Miltie was on a Sa'ar 5 class corvette, several of which were built in the US based on Israeli designs. They are now based at the Eilat Naval Base in the Red Sea.

The Sa'ar 5 corvettes are small and with aging hulls, but they are well maintained and kept current to Israeli needs, with a suite of first rate missile types and world class electronic warfare capabilities. They are potent littoral patrol and warfare vessels. Uncle Miltie is right to be impressed.

[guest7]

"Stop any aid trucks from getting to the starving children of Gaza this week? Load any bombs to bomb the tent dwelling women and children refugees in Rafah? Like packing up for vacation genocide school?"

C'mon man. That's for the Biden "Dupes". They get paid "Big $$$" to do that.

Get their "Student Loans", "FORGIVEN"...

So Bidenistas, can blame Trump, and the "Peace Loving Israelis", for the things you actually do.

Normies are too busy living life, and thanking God for their blessings, and just can't take the time to do your job.

[Pox]

No reason to reply to one of the dumbest idiots on earth!

Thank you for your efforts and reports.

Be safe!

[PROCON]

Thanks much for the sit-rep, Miltie, you’re appreciated both by the Israeli people and by your FReeper Friends.

[Z28.310]

G-dspeed Brother

[Vermont Lt]

Thanks for the updates. They have been very interesting. Good luck and stay safe.

[magooey]

G-d bless you! What a mitzvah!

[magooey]

If you served in Sar-El, did you have a chance to talk to Kal-El, also known the comic book hero Superman?

[karnage]

These reports are wonderful.

Thanks for keeping us informed.

CARRY ON!