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Allegiance
  
Israel

Service/branch
  
Education
  

Name
  
Alex Tal

Years of service
  
1964–1996

Rank
  
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Commands held
  
Commander of the Israeli Navy

Battles/wars
  
Six Day WarWar of AttritionYom Kippur War1982 Lebanon WarSouth Lebanon conflictFirst Intifada

Alex Tal (Hebrew: אלכס טל; born 1946 USSR) was the Commander of the Israeli Navy.

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Alex Tal made aliyah from the Soviet Union in 1964 and enlisted in the Israeli Navy. After his training he served on the first Missile boat the Israeli Navy received. He also participated in the Cherbourg Project. During the Yom Kippur War, he participated in Battle of Latakia as a captain amongst one of the missile boats. After the war, Tal continued to serve in the Israeli Navy. His posts included Commander of the missile boat fleet and the IDF Military attaché to Chile.

In 1996, he was promoted to the rank of Aluf and became Commander of the Israeli Navy. Under Tal's command the INS Dakar, whose location remained a mystery for nearly thirty years, was found. In 2000, Tal's term as commander of the Israeli Navy ended and he retired from the IDF.

Tal has a masters degree in economics from Bar-Ilan University, and a master's degree in geography from the University of Haifa.

References

Alex Tal Wikipedia


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