According to HaGaon Rav Yaakov Yosef Shlita (son of Chacham Ovadia Shlita), sifrei Torah in the IDF are posul and as such, soldiers should be released from their bases on Shabbos to permit them to fulfill the mitzvah of hearing Parshas Amalek. The Rav's p'sak was publicized in the 'Eretz Yisrael Shelanu' circular.
The Rav was asked if a soldier can fulfill his halachic obligation on Parshas Zachor by hearing the Torah reading in a base. He stated that to his profound sorrow, most of the sifrei Torah in the IDF posul and therefore, there is a major doubt as to a soldier's ability to fulfill the mitzvah on a military base.
The Rav explains that at the heart of the problem is the fact that most of the sifrei Torah have a watermark that says "property of the IDF" to prevent theft, rendering them posul. He stated such a sefer Torah is truly posul and one may not make a bracha on it. Rav Yaakov relies on a p'sak from his father, Chacham Ovadia Yosef Shlita, who writes in his sefer Yechavei Daas that such a sefer Torah is posul.
The Rav suggests that Shomer Shabbos soldiers request to be released for this Shabbos, Parshas Zachor, to permit hearing the Torah reading from a kosher sefer Torah.
(Yechiel Spira - YWN Israel)
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=31238
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