Desert Reconnaissance Battalion
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The Desert Reconnaissance Battalion (DRB) (also known as Unit 585 or the Bedouin Battalion) is a unit of the Israel Defense Forces. It is an ethnic minority unit consisting of volunteers from the Bedouin, Christian, Muslim, Druze and Circassian ethnoreligious groups, while the majority of the IDF and the Israeli population are Jews. The DRB was founded in the late 1980s and since then has largely been deployed on the border with the Gaza Strip on security duties.
Quick Facts 585th Desert Reconnaissance Battalion, Active ...
585th Desert Reconnaissance Battalion | |
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Active | Late 1980s-present |
Country | Israel |
Branch | Ground Forces |
Type | Infantry |
Role | Border patrol |
Size | 1 Battalion |
Part of | 143rd "Fire Fox" (Territorial) Division, Southern Command |
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