In 2000 , at age 17 , DeScribe joined the Israel Defense Forces ( IDF ) as a combat sharpshooter , serving for three years at the height of the Second Intifada , experiencing intense action on a near-daily basis .
In 2000 , at age 17 , DeScribe joined the Israel Defense Forces ( IDF ) as a combat sharpshooter ( a kind of semi professional sniper ) .