It was never large—by 1947 it amounted to merely five battalions (about 2,000 men)—but its members had not only received physical and military training, but also acquired leadership skills that would subsequently enable them to take up command positions in Israel's army.
V roce 1947 čítala pouze 5 batalionů (zhruba 2000 mužů), ale jejich členové nezískali pouze tělesné a základní vojenské dovednosti, ale také si osvojili vůdcovské schopnosti, které jim jednou budou umožňovat nastoupit na velitelské pozice v budoucí izraelské armádě.