Brig. Gen. Eran Ortal Quotes

Eran Ortal is a military theorist, writer, and strategist in the Operations Branch of the Israel Defense Force. Currently holding the rank of Brigadier General, Ortal is the Commandant of the IDF's Dado Center for Military Innovation in Israel, and is the founding editor of the Dado Center Journal. Wikipedia

✵ 22. September 1971

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“If we don't reorganize ourselves, we won't ever change.”

Brig. Gen. Eran Ortal

Source: Dado Center Journal vol. 16-17, July 2018, https://www.idf.il/%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D/dado-center/dcj-volume-16-17/

“One can equip himself with the best technology of the era, but still miss the revolution entirely.”

Brig. Gen. Eran Ortal

Source: Dado Center Journal vol. 16-17, July 2018, https://www.idf.il/%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D/dado-center/dcj-volume-16-17/

“Every obstacle needs to be controlled by the defender through observation and fire. In the case of the challenge of tunneling, control by observation and fire means the IDF being able to disrupt digging activities and preventing the establishment of enabling infrastructure ahead of time.”

Brig. Gen. Eran Ortal

Source: Dado Center Journal vol. 15, March 2018, https://www.idf.il/media/37490/one-team-on-the-field-may-22-amended-2.pdf

“An enemy that engages Israeli forces along our border and learns it unhindered will eventually find a way to circumvent it. Understanding that the line of engagement will eventually be breached has taught the”

Brig. Gen. Eran Ortal

“One hundred years of air power led to the development of air platforms, air combatants and air command and control structures that are very difficult to integrate successfully into the ground battlefield at the lower tactical levels.”

Brig. Gen. Eran Ortal

Source: Dado Center Journal vol. 6, January 2016, https://www.idf.il/media/11156/ortal.pdf

“When the enemy isn't fighting you on his territory, you find yourself fighting him on yours.”

Brig. Gen. Eran Ortal

Source: Dado Center Journal vol. 6, January 2016, https://www.idf.il/media/11156/ortal.pdf

“Businesses that fail to change die, while their men move on. Militaries that fail to change move on, while their men die.”

Brig. Gen. Eran Ortal

Source: {DCJ 16, July 2018}

“The height of a strategy is also the beginning of its demise.”

Brig. Gen. Eran Ortal

DCJ # 35 Hebrew, OCT 21