Major General (res.) Emanuel Sakal (Ph.D. candidate, Bar-Ilan University), a 36-year veteran of the Israeli military, was head of the IDF Ground Forces Command. Prior to that, he was commander of the IDF Armored Corps School, and Senior IDF Advisor to the Israel Aircraft Industries on weapons development. He specializes in ground forces, training and doctrine, armored warfare, weapons development, and the future Mideast battlefield.