Chareidi soldiers are going to be deployed in new areas, including military police and the navy, Kol Berama Radio reports. The new program is scheduled to being in November 2016. Fifteen chareidi soldiers will be assigned to the military police’s Erez Battalion. This unit is responsible for crossing points around the perimeter of Jerusalem.

The IDF’s induction goal for chareidim in 2016 is 3,200 and officials hope this number will continue to increase. The military also hopes to place chareidim in the navy, a Dabur patrol boats which leave their base and patrol up to 48-hours at a time. This program is still in the planning stage and it has not yet been approved.

Hesder yeshiva soldiers are serving in this program and conditions for frum soldiers are difficult as there are no minyanim, soldiers live in close quarters and maintaining a kosher kitchen on these vessels is not a reality at present. The navy is known to be the most secular branch of the IDF.