For the first time ever, a male soldier has been made an instructor for a women’s officer officer training course.
The officer, Lt. Lior Siton, 22, had asked to lead a women’s officer training course. The chief women’s officer, Lt. Col. Yisraela Oron, said she had no problem with his request, because women train cadets in men’s officer courses.
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