Military advisors or combat advisors are military personnel deployed to advise on military matters. The term is often used for soldiers sent to foreign countries to aid such countries' militaries with
An Australian Army soldier instructing an Iraqi Ground Forces soldier at Camp Taji during the War in Iraq, 2016
A U.S. Army Special Forces advisor instructing a Vietnamese Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainee on operating an M79 grenade launcher during the Vietnam War, 1967
The U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam was a joint-service command of the United States Department of Defense, composed of forces from the United States Army, United States Navy, and United Sta
Military advisor
…beginning of the 20th century to more recent conflicts in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. In the early 1960s, elements of the U.S. Army Special Forces and Echo 31 went to South Vietnam as military advisors to train and assist the South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) for impending actions against the North Vietnamese Army…
Original MACV HQ, 606 Trần Hưng Đạo, Cholon, Saigon
Entrance to second MACV HQ, 137 Pasteur St, Saigon
MACV Headquarters ("Pentagon East") at Tan Son Nhut, 1969