Advising Success: Lessons from American Military Assistance Efforts Since World War II
Abstract
The United States has been providing advisors to foreign security forces for over 120 years. Recent changes in military advising doctrine have resulted from efforts to make modern advising efforts more effective. An analysis of three cases from the U.S. military advisory experience shows that successful advisory efforts have a number of factors in common. Regardless of the size of the mission, four factors trend toward success when applied in advisory efforts. First, the advisor needs to account for local political and cultural limitations on the overall effort. Second, the location of the training area should minimize interactions between the host nation's population and the advisors and trainees who are receiving assistance. Third, the advisory effort should include the professionalization of other security forces beyond the military. And fourth, the training should result in the potential for long-term relationships between the advisors and their counterparts. Case studies of U.S. military advisors in South Korea, El Salvador, and Colombia are presented.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA557887
Entities
People
- Bryan K. Batson
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College