It seems to me that the army needs to take a much more robust position when it comes to the creeping religious fundamentalization of the army. The fact that kibbutznik officer cadre is being replaced by the kippa serga officer cadre is no reason to pander to the increasing extremism of the national religious camp. If we want our army to be the people's army then there are several sensitivities to weigh up – the need to integrate women into the army, the need to maintain a status quo that maximizes the number of people who feel not only comfortable with the army but familiar with its values, the need to balance what may be offensive to some but what is important for others. Right now – that balance is swinging worryingly in favor of the extremist elements of Jewish society. If we are to maintain a people's army, that obeys the orders of its officers who in turn obey the orders of the civilian politicians (unless those orders are patently illegal) – there is no room for those who only obey orders that are approved first by Rabbis, there is no room for those who will not attend a ceremony that they are ordered to attend where women will be singing, there is no room for those who will not take orders from a female officer or receive instruction from a female trainer. The only framework for anything close to this are the charedi units that cater specifically for charedim, but even that is a thin line – and was only created to try and include a part of society that had hitherto remained isolated, ignorant and untrained in anything. It cannot be used as a basis for creating an alternative army. There is no real need to create "kippa seruga units" – they do not need special inclusion, there is no greater need to ensure their inclusion in society. The army needs to create a set of basic principles and anyone who is unable to keep them, should be prohibited from joining the army with all that that carries with it.
In the long run, the army will be doing itself a favour. No one is indispensable and a new officer cadre will emerge and it won't be one that will threaten to disobey orders that its self appointed prophets claim their God has forbidden.