serviceyears commands birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank image article_title name
1977 -- paratroopers central command brigade , infantry corps , gaza division , jerusalem , israel israel israel first lebanon war , second lebanon war 1959 aluf gadi-shamni001 . jpg gadi shamni
 gadi shamni
gadi shamni

aluf gadi shamni -lrb- born 1959 -rrb- is a general in the israel defense forces and currently israel 's military attaché in the united states .
in 1977 shamni was drafted into the paratroopers brigade , which he stayed in for much of his early career .
in 2001 he was promoted to brigadier general and in 2005 to major general when he became the military secretary to the prime minister .
in may 2007 shamni was appointed head of central command , replacing yair nave .
in october 2009 he became israel 's military attaché in the united states .
shamni has studied at the idf command and staff college and the united states army war college , and has received a ba in economics and political science and an ma in national security .
shamni also graduated from the us army special forces course .
