Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi promoted Reut Rettig-Weiss to the rank of colonel yesterday. Retting-Weiss will serve as commander of the Israel Defense Forces’ 99th division’s artillery brigade as well as head an artillery unit at the military’s Tze’elim urban warfare training center in the south of Israel. She will be Israel’s first ever female brigade commander.
Before her promotion, Rettig-Weiss commanded the Artillery Corps’ elite Sky Riders Unit, which gathers intelligence before and during missions using small, rather simple drones. She was also the first woman to ever serve in this capacity.
