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Through the course of history a number of advisor handbooks have been published to help the military advisor in the course of their duties and responsibities. Some of these are listed below - with links to the publications where possible.

General

ABCA, Security Force Capacity Building Handbook, ABCA Publication 369, Edition 2, ABCA Armies Program, July 1, 2011.
https://info.publicintelligence.net/ABCA-SecurityForces.pdf

ALSA, Advising: Multi-Service Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Advising Foreign Forces, FM 3-07.10, September 2009, PDF, 180 pages. Posted on publicintelligence.net.
https://info.publicintelligence.net/MTTP-Advising.pdf

DA, Security Force Assistance Deployment Handbook, TC 3-05.3, Department of the Army, May 22, 2015.
https://armypubs.us.army.mil/doctrine/DR_pubs/dr_c/pdf/tc3_05x3.pdf

DA, The Modular Brigade Augmented for Security Force Assistance Handbook, US Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, 2009, PDF, 32 pages.
https://info.publicintelligence.net/USArmy-SFA.pdf

JCISFA, Commander's Handbook for Security Force Assistance, DTIC, ADA500747, 2008, PDF, 51 pages.
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA500747

JCISFA, Roles and Functions of Senior Advisors, Joint Center for International Security Forces Assistance, 2012., PDF, 70 pages.
https://info.publicintelligence.net/JCISFA-SeniorAdvisors.pdf

USACAC, Advising at the Senior Level, Handbook, CAC 19-06, United States Army Combined Arms Center, January 2019, PDF, 126 pages.
https://usacac.army.mil/organizations/mccoe/call/publication/19-06

US Air Force Warfare Center. Air Advisor Handbook. Coalition and Irregular Warfare Center of Excellence, April 27, 2009. Access the handbook here on the NATO site - http://www.nshq.nato.int/NSHQ/GetFile/?File_ID=31.

USAJKFSWCS, US Special Forces Advisor Guide, TC 31-73, US Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, 2008, 130 pages. Posted on wikileaks.org
https://file.wikileaks.org/file/us-tcl31-73.pdf

Korea

Advisor's Handbook, Korea Military Advisory Group, KMAG, 1951, PDF, 66 pages.
https://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4013coll11/id/1572/

Vietnam

MATA Handbook Vietnam, ST31-179, United States Army Special Warfare School, USASWS, Jan 1966, PDF, 140 pages.
https://militaryadvisor.info/docs/MATA-HB-Vietnam-ST31-179-USASWS-Jan66.pdf

Afghanistan

Resolute Support, RS Security Force Assistance Guide 3.0, COMISAF Advisory and Assistance Team (CAAT), International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), July 2014.
https://afghanwarnews.info/sfa/ISAF-SFA-Guide.htm

JCISFA, Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) Advisor Guide, JCISFA, May 2014.
https://afghanwarnews.info/sfa/ANSF-Advisor-Guide.htm

JFTC, Advisors Aid Memoire Handbook, Version 4, NATO Joint Force Training Centre, October 2014.

Iraq

JCISFA, Iraqi Federal Police Advisor Guide, Joint Center for International Security Force Assistance, 10 May 2010, (FOUO).
https://info.publicintelligence.net/JCISFA-IraqiPolice.pdf

Ziino, Tiziano & Reis, João. (2022). NATO Mission Iraq: Advisor Handbook, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, PDF, 90 pages.
https://recil.ensinolusofona.pt/handle/10437/13099

ISAF SFA Guide 2.0