When does the film take place?

The computer screens, cell phones, and amount of paper, as well as the Rama's mention of 2003, makes it seem about 10 years ago. Then there was the talk about "our soldiers fighting in the war", but that's always thrown at you in the IDF when you complain about something.

Only when on the way home (I put off seeing this too long) I thought that this might actually be part of the point, placing the film in the short period when paper records were replaced by digital ones.

I any case, it reminds me of one reserve gig I did, as a paramedic in some large base. We were call into the infirmary, told that the yearly outside review was due, and that we had to work day an night, adding temperature and blood-pressure results on all the forms for soldiers coming to a doctor. After two weeks of pressure, when it was finally over, I asked the infirmary commander if he learned anything. "Yes", he answered, "next year we'll start THREE weeks in advance".

I'm sure it's the same in all armies.

Listen to the river sing sweet songs
to rock my soul