Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) is a designation for American military advisers sent to assist in the training of conventional armed forces of Third World countries. Before and during the Vietnam War, there were three of these groups operating in Southeast Asia. Though the term is not as widespread as it once was, the term MAAG is still used for MILGRPs helping promote military partnerships with several Latin American countries such as Peru and the Dominican Republic as well as in African countries such as Liberia.
Read more about Military Assistance Advisory Group: MAAG, Indochina; MAAG, Vietnam, MAAG Laos, MAAG Cambodia, MAAG Republic of China
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