OUR MISSION: To educate the American public on the success of our advisory efforts in Iraq and Vietnam, and the similarities. We intend to show the critical need for the advisory groups to continue their work in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as many other critical locations throughout the world.
For more than half a century the U.S. government has deployed military advisors to provide hands-on assistance to America's Allies and to supervise the distribution of military aide and equipment. From modest beginnings in 1950, when the first U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) was created to support French Legionnaires in Southeast Asia...
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They were men who frequently operated in complete isolation from their countrymen or military service branches. Many were combat-experienced officers who had previously leadArmy Special Forces, Marine Recon or other combat infantry line commands in Vietnam. Some had volunteered for third and fourth tours of duty.
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At the close of initial hostilities in the Fall of 2003, many senior U.S. military leaders in Iraq and Washington urged the immediate implementation of tried and true Vietnam models for Military Advisors to launch reconstruction efforts, establish pacification programs and to stand-up Iraqi security forces. Those proposals went largely ignored as the U.S. State Department took command of post-invasion operations, dedicating attention and resources to creating a functional Iraqi Government based on Democratic principles.
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