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 roku 1947 mala len 5 bataliónov (zhruba 2000 mužov), ale ich členovia nezískali iba telesné a základné vojenské zručnosti, osvojili si aj vodcovské schopnosti, ktoré im neskôr umožnili nástup na veliteľské pozície v budúcej izraelskej armáde.