"Go! Go! Go!"
Hebrew is the official language of Israel, but English is the lingua franca, and almost everyone knows it. However, understanding and acting on it are not necessarily the same thing.
Onboard a C-130 transport plane, with the cargo door wide open, rows of new soldiers gazed at the open hatch, wanting to jump, but finding it not so simple.
Ground training was one thing, but being up in the sky, at an altitude of two thousand meters, it required immense courage to jump as if it were from the ground-based platform.
One soldier, who had performed notably during ground training and was selected to jump first, hesitated; his legs were trembling.
"GO!"
The noise from the airflow was so loud that one had no choice but to shout; after the instructor's second shout, the first soldier finally closed his eyes, his legs trembling as he started moving towards the door. He needed only two steps to plunge into the embrace of the blue sky, but his steps were slower than a snail's.
