AFTTP3-2.76 — Multi-service Tactics, Techniques, And Procedures For Advising Foreign Security Forces (advising)

AFTTP3-2.76 governs tactics, techniques, and procedures for advising foreign security forces and coordinating advisor team missions.

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  • Publication number: AFTTP3-2.76
  • Title: MULTI-SERVICE TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES FOR ADVISING FOREIGN SECURITY FORCES (ADVISING)
  • Date: 2023-06-15

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AFTTP3-2.76 covers advisor planning, preparation, training, assessment, cultural understanding, influence, negotiation, logistics, and combat advising. It provides guidance for tactical forces and viable procedures for planning, training for, and carrying out advisor team missions.

Applies to: This MTTP publication applies to all commanders and their staffs that participate in or support advising missions with FSF.

Topics covered

  • Foreign security force advising
  • Advisor team planning
  • Advisor training
  • Mission assessment
  • Cultural understanding
  • Influence and negotiation
  • Foreign security force logistics
  • Site survey procedures

Questions and answers

What skills is every advisor required to develop?

Every advisor is required to be proficient in the developing skills: teaching, coaching, and advising. (paragraph 9)

How soon do data collection and mission assessments begin?

Data collection and assessments of the mission and FSF begin immediately upon receiving the mission. (paragraph 5)

What should advisors use to examine any culture?

Advisors should use SEARCH as a memory aid to examine any culture.

What does compliance-focused influence depend on?

Compliance-focused influence is based, primarily, on the advisor’s authority. (paragraph 9)

What must US forces ensure regarding pillaging?

US forces must ensure their conduct, as well as that of FSF with which they operate, does not include pillaging—the taking of private or public movable property, including enemy military equipment, for private or personal use, where that use is not justified by military necessity. (paragraph 8)

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