GOC Army Headquarters
The Israeli GOC Army headquarters (Hebrew: זרוע היבשה, Zro'a HaYabasha, "Ground Arm"), is a multi-corps command headquarters created in 1998, which amalgamates the ground forces of the Israel Defense Forces. The current size of the Israeli Ground Forces is estimated at a rough 125,000 active soldiers and 600,000 soldiers in reserve.
[edit] Name
The GOC Army Headquarters is known unofficially as Mazi, the Hebrew pronuncation for מז"י, an accronymous for "Ground Arm Command" (מפקדת זרוע היבשה), which was the GOC Army Headquarters previous name before being renamed to ז"י -זרוע היבשה (Ground Arm). After this renaming, מז"י refers to Ground Arm Commander (מפקד זרוע היבשה). However, the old accronymous Mazi מז"י with his old meaning remained as the popular name for the GOC Army Headquarters.
[edit] The IDF's third arm
Under the IDF 2000 reforms, Mazi is set to become the IDF's third Arm, alongside the Air and Space Arm and the Sea Arm. Until the creation of Mazi, IDF ground forces were directly subordinate to the Chief of Staff; Mazi is still in the midst of being structured, which means to some extent they effectively remain so. Likewise with combat support and rear-line corps, which in part remain subordinate to respective Directorates. As an IDF arm, Mazi is designed to deal with the building of the ground forces' strength and working toward balance, combination, and coordination between the ground corps. Mazi's authority ranges from the battalion to the command level.
[edit] Corps
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The command headquarters is located in Camp Bar Lev, between Ashkelon and Qiryat Mal'akhi. Mazi includes eight corps in three groups following their military functions.
[edit] The maneuvering corps
- The Infantry Corps - חיל הרגלים
- The Armor Corps - חיל השריון
[edit] The сombat support corps
- The Artillery Corps - חיל התותחנים
- The Combat Engineering Corps - חיל ההנדסה הקרבית
- The Field Intelligence Corps - חיל האיסוף הקרבי
[edit] Heads of Mafchash and Mazi
- Dan Shomron (1983-1985)
- Amir Drori (1985-1986)
- Uri Sagi (1986-1991)
- Emanuel Sakel (1991-1994)
- Ze'ev Livne (1994-1996)
- Amos Malka (1996-1998)
- Moshe Soknik (1998-2001)
- Yiftah Ron-Tal (2001-2005)
- Benjamin Gantz (2005-December 20, 2007)
- Avi Mizrahi (December 20, 2007-2009}
- Sami Turjeman (2009-date)[1]
[edit] IDF Ground Forces Equipment
[edit] External links
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