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{{Short description|Soldier sent to a foreign nation to aid that nation in various military tasks}} {{more citations needed|date=December 2009}} [[File:An Australian soldier with Task Group Taji provides instruction to an Iraqi soldier assigned to the 71st Iraqi Army Brigade during a zeroing range at Camp Taji in January 2016.jpg|thumb|An [[Australian Army]] soldier instructing an [[Iraqi Ground Forces]] soldier at [[Camp Taji]] during the [[War in Iraq (2013–2017)|War in Iraq]], 2016]] '''Military advisors''' or '''combat advisors''' are [[military]] [[Military personnel|personnel]] deployed to advise on military matters. The term is often used for soldiers sent to foreign countries<ref> But note too domestic military advisors - for example: {{cite book|last1=McAteer|first1=Sean M.|title=500 Days: The War in Eastern Europe, 1944-1945| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bg8drRyDGhEC|publisher=Dorrance Publishing|date=2009|page=51|isbn=9781434961594|access-date=2014-01-15 |quote=By June 22nd, 1941, Zhukov was probably Stalin's most trusted military advisor.}} Compare: {{cite book|editor1-last=Sandler|editor1-first=Stanley|title= Ground Warfare: An International Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_xxOM85bD8C|series=Warfare Series|volume=1|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2002|page=127|isbn=9781576073445|access-date=2014-01-15|quote=Brusilov next served as the provisional government's military advisor (February–May 1917) [...] He did act as Red Army chief adviser against Poland (1920) [...].}}</ref> to aid such countries' militaries with their [[military education and training]], [[Military organization|organization]], and other various military tasks. Foreign powers or organizations may send such soldiers to support countries or [[insurgency|insurgencies]] while minimizing the risks of potential casualties and avoiding the political ramifications of overtly mobilizing military forces to aid an ally.
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