IDF MG Yoel Strick

General

Major General Yoel Strick was born in 1966 in the City of Dimona. He is married and father of 3.

Military Service

• 2021-present: Intended Active-Duty Military Fellow in JINSA’s Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy.
• 2019 – 2021: Chief of the Ground Forces.
• 2017 – 2019: Commander of the Northern Command.
• 2015 – 2017: Commander of the Home-front Command.
• 2014 – 2015: Commander of a Company and Battalion Commanders Course.
• 2011 – 2014: Head of the Operations Division, the Operations Directorate (J3).
• 2009 – 2011: Commander of the “Galilee” Division.
• 2007 – 2009: Commander of the “Edom” Division.
• 2005 – 2007: Commander of the “Givati” Brigade.
• 2002 – 2004: Northern Regional Brigade Commander, “Gaza” Division.
• 2001 – 2002: Reserves Brigade Commander, Central Command.
• 1999 – 2001: Battalion Commander, “Gefen” Battalion, “BHAD I”- IDF Officers Training School.
• 1997 – 1999: Battalion Commander, “Shaked” Battalion, “Givati” Brigade.
• 1996 – 1997: Head of the AT Weaponry Branch, National Training Center.
• 1995 – 1996: Deputy Battalion Commander, “Shaked” Battalion, “Givati” Brigade.
• 1988 – 1993: Served in various command positions in the “Givati” Brigade
• 1985 – 1988: Enlisted into the Paratroopers Brigade, served as a Squad Commander and later as a Platoon Commander.

Education

Academic:

• MA, Strategic Studies, US Army War College
• BA, Middle East Studies, Tel Aviv University

Military:

• Division Commanders Course
• Brigade Commanders Course
• Command & Staff College Officers Course

Spoken Languages

Hebrew and English