David Ben-Besht
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David Ben-Besht (
Israeli Navy
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Biography
David Ben-Besht was born in Israel. He received a BA in Economics and an MBA in Business Administration and Management from the University of Haifa and studied at the United States Marine Corps College for a year in the early 1970s.
Ben-Besht began his military career as a draftee in 1970, but then volunteered to attend the naval officer's course. Through the 1970s he commanded a number of vessels including a
Saar 4 missile boat. During the 1980s he moved into the area naval instructional, and from there he continued to advance up the chain of command
, becoming the Israeli Navy's Chief of Staff in 2002 and commander in September 2004.
As Naval Commander, Ben-Besht dealt with Palestinian arms smugglers moving equipment by boat from Egypt into the Gaza Strip.[2]
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