SUMMARYThe importance of Service in the Army in the Israeli child's development and future has to be recognized.Rejection solely because of epilepsy affects only about a quarter of the epileptic youngsters, less than it seemed at first glance; most of them do reasonably well in civil life and probably would be able to do as well in a non‐combat unit of the Army, which would be to them like full rehabilitation.The fact that the 14 accepted, or about a quarter of the boys who applied, did quite well in the Army, supports the notion that a plan could be worked out which would benefit both the Army and the youngster