For the first time in the history of the IDF Military Police, a woman has been promoted to the rank of colonel.
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Meital Ben Shushan, a mother of two from Yokneam in northern Israel, will serve in the Military Police Corps' main headquarters.
Ben Shushan first joined the IDF 20 years ago as a warden in an IDF prison for women. After finishing officers training, she served in a number of roles in the Military Police – several of which she was the first woman to hld.
"As far as I'm concerned, it's a question of strategy, leading important processes in the corps," Ben Shushan told Israel Hayom.
"It's taking care that our corps stays relevant and grows, that it helps the IDF as a whole with our goal, which is to win wars. It's dealing with people, handling work applications in various corps and outside them to maximize processes and improve them. It's taking the corps forward in every area," Ben Shushan said.
One event from her service remains engraved on her heart. In 2014, during Operation Protective Edge, she was put in command of the Military Police for all of southern Israel. She was six months pregnant.
"In an emergency, the Military Police is in charge of all staging areas, handling and directing traffic, setting up checkpoints. I was in charge of 1,000 soldiers and reservists," Ben Shushan said.
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