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DTIC AD0648312: CONFLICTS OF CULTURE AND THE MILITARY ADVISOR

The person-to-person components of military assistance programs, the misunderstandings which can develop in the collaborative efforts of American advisors and foreign personnel, are among the more perplexing elements in our attempts to help friendly countries increase their ability to defend themselves. Developing nations need not only equipment but also training and improved organization. We have undertaken a program of supplying men to work with counterparts from the host country, sharing the benefit of our experience, and training others to use and maintain new weapons. In the encounter bet…