Militaryשוקי בן-ענת

Yehoshua Ben-Anat

Yehoshua (Shuki) Ben-Anat is an Israeli reserve brigadier general who served as the IDF's Chief Reserve Officer.

born 1954IDF Chief Reserve OfficerReserve armored brigade command

Occupation: military officer
Rank: tat aluf
Wars: South Lebanon conflict, Yom Kippur War, 1982 Lebanon War

Yehoshua Ben-Anat was born in 1954 in Nordia

Yehoshua Ben-Anat was born in 1954 in the moshav of Nordia. He now lives in Ma'ale Gamla in the Golan Heights.

He joined the IDF in 1972 and entered the Golani reconnaissance unit. After a training accident about a year later, he moved to the Armored Corps and fought as a tank gunner on the Syrian front in the Yom Kippur War. He later became a tank commander and officer, trained armor officers and commanded companies, then left the army in 1978 to work in farming.

In the reserves he was deputy commander of Battalion 293 and fought in the First Lebanon War, later commanding the battalion. He went on to command a reserve armored brigade and served as deputy commander of the Etgar formation. In 2008 he was promoted to brigadier general and named Chief Reserve Officer, a post he held until October 2012 while also serving as chief of staff of the Amud HaEsh formation.

Yehoshua Ben-Anat's life in 5 milestones

1954
Born in Nordia.
1972
Joined the IDF and the Golani reconnaissance unit.
1978
Left active service and turned to farming.
2008
Promoted to brigadier general and named Chief Reserve Officer.
2012
Completed his term as Chief Reserve Officer.

Yehoshua Ben-Anat served in Armored Corps

He served in the Armored Corps from the 1970s, fighting in the Yom Kippur War and, as a reservist, in the First Lebanon War. He rose to brigadier general and was Chief Reserve Officer from 2008 to 2012.

Armored Corps