"Israelis soldiers are required to wear their uniforms whenever they enter Yad Vashem to show respect for the dead. I left Yad Vashem wondering how I can pay my respect to Israeli soldiers."

The morning of the 10th of June, our MIT extension group ventured to the Tel Ha Shomer area to a ground forces Army base for the Israeli Defense Force. To our great delight, we were taken on a tour of the Chemical Syntheses Center, which is literally the only chemical army base center in all of Israel. This particular place was even more interesting because it works directly with the U.S. TSA to protect against undetectable homemade bombs that could penetrate airport security.