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Korea Miltary Advisors
There is long history of the United States using advisor and advisor teams to advise, assist, train, mentor, enable, and support Korean military forces. This effort continues to the present.
In late 1948, the United States decided to withdraw U.S. forces in Korea - leaving the defense responsibility to the constabulary forces of the recently formed Republic of Korea. A small U.S. "Provisional Military Advisory Group (PMAG)" was formed on August 1948 to provide training and logistical support to the South Korean constabulary. This PMAG initially consisted of 100 personnel. by December 1948, the PMAG grew to almost 250 personnel.
On July 1, 1949, the PMAG was redesignated the United States Military Advisory Group to the Republic of Korea. It was commonly referred to as the KMAG. This renamed organization became a part of the U.S. State Department's American Mission to Korea and was independent of the Army's Far East Command.
After North Korea invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, the KMAG came under the command and control of the 8th U.S. Army, Korea and was redesignated as the United States Military Advisory Group, Korea, 8668th Army Unit. It would later be redesignated as the 8202nd Army Unit on December 28, 1950.
References
Advisor's Handbook, Korea Military Advisory Group,
KMAG, 1951, PDF, 66 pages.
https://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4013coll11/id/1572/
Hausrath, Alfred H. (1957), The KMAG Advisor, PDF,
134 pages.
https://militaryadvisor.info/docs/The-KMAG-Advisor-Hausrath-1957.pdf
Korean Military Advisory Group (KMAG) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Military_Advisory_Group
Korean Military Advisory Group (KMAG) - www.korean.war.com
http://www.korean-war.com/kmag.html
Books, Papers, and Articles
Rose, Robert G., U.S. Army, The author uses the experiences of advisors from the Korean Military Advisory Group (KMAG) during the Korean War as well as other conflicts in a discussion on how to prepare advisors for their training and advisor missions. "Awake Before the Sound of the guns: Preparing Advisors for Conflict", Military Review, May-June 2025.
Dreyer, John (2018). "A Brief History of the Military Advising Mission", Small Wars Journal.
Austin, Major Arieyeh J. (2013). The Korean Military
Advisory Group - Developmental Challenges During Ongoing
Conflict, SAMS, Fort Leavenworth, KS, PDF, 73 pages.
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA583733.pdf
Tabb, John D. (2010). Korean Military Advisory Group
(KMAG): a Model for Success, SAMS, Fort Leavenworth, KS,
PDF, 56 pages. DTIC.mil
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA523210.pdf
Ramsey, Robert D. (2006). Advising
Indigenous Forces: American Advisors in Korea, Vietnam, and El
Salvador, Global War on Terrorism Occasional Paper 18,
Combat Studies Institute Press, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
PDF, 187 pages.
https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/ramsey.pdf
Sawyer, Major Robert K. (1988).
Military Advisors in Korea: KMAG in Peace and War, Center
of Military History, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., PDF, 227
pages.
https://history.army.mil/html/books/030/30-3/CMH_Pub_30-3.pdf
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