Elliot Chodoff has served in the IDF for nearly 35 years. He was co-director of the Fieldcraft Project in the Office of Chief of Doctrine, Infantry and Paratroops.

He co-authored the Fieldcraft Manual and taught courses in fieldcraft and tactics to infantry and special forces officers. He served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Population, Northern Region, Home Front Command and is currently Population Officer of Northern Command. He served in Gaza, Judea and Samaria, and participated in the Second Lebanon War. He was a member of the rescue team at the Taba Hilton and served in the Gaza Disengagement.

Elliot is a strategic and military analyst, and has advised military, law enforcement, and government leaders in the ongoing war on terrorists. His paper on combat effectiveness has been on the recommended reading list of the US Army War College.

Elliot has a BS in Biological Sciences and a BA with honors in Sociology from Stony Brook University and an MA in Military and Political Sociology from The University of Chicago. He is completing a PhD in Political Sciences at Bar Ilan University.

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