David Ben Ba'ashat

David Ben Ba'ashat
Born	1950
Allegiance	Israel
Service/branch	Navy
Years of service	1970—2007
Rank	Aluf
Battles/wars	Yom Kippur War, First Lebanon War, Second Lebanon War

Aluf David Ben Ba'ashat (Hebrew: דוד בן בעש"ט‎; born 1950) is a general in the Israel Defense Forces and until July 26, 2007^[1] was the commander of the Israeli Navy. Born in Israel, he has received a B.A. in Economics and Business Management from the University of Haifa, and studied at the United States Marine Corps College for a year in the early 1970s. Ben Ba'ashat began his military career as a draftee in 1970, but then volunteered to attend the naval officer's course. Through the 1970s he commanded a number of vessels including a Saar 2 and a Saar 4 missile boat. During the 1980s he moved into the area naval instructional, and from there he continued to advance up the chain of command, becoming the Israeli Navy's Chief of Staff in 2002 and commander in September 2004.

As Naval Commander, Ben Ba'ahsat has recently had to deal with Palestinian arms smugglers moving equipment by boat from Egypt into the Gaza Strip.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ "Navy: Easier for terrorists to smuggle arms by sea". ynetnews.com by Hanan Greenberg, 5/15/06
2. ^ "Navy Chief Ben Ba'ashat announces resignation". haaretz.com by Amos Harel, 7/26/07

References

• Bio from IDF

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