Training Tools to Improve the Teaching and Coaching Skills of Military Advisors

We propose to develop and evaluate an innovative training system for improving military advisors’ ability to teach and coach their host nation counterparts from a different country. Our effort will involve a comprehensive literature review, inclusion of an expert in cross-cultural training, interviews with SMEs, experts in the field, advisors, and host-national who have received US military advisor training. We'll produce a grounded theoretical model with identification of cultural, situational, and individual factors. We'll describe learning style differences in a specific Middle Eastern culture and make recommendations for overcoming language and communication difficulties.