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A '''Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT)''', in U.S. and [[NATO]] doctrine, is a unit containing civilian and military personnel, for rebuilding infrastructure and encouraging development after active warfare. It has a longer-term focus than traditional military [[civil affairs]]. | A '''Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT)''', in U.S. and [[NATO]] doctrine, is a unit containing civilian and military personnel, for rebuilding infrastructure and encouraging development after active warfare. It has a longer-term focus than traditional military [[civil affairs]]. | ||
They frequently serve as a point of contact for international and nongovernmental organizations. | |||
==Afghanistan== | ==Afghanistan== | ||
==Iraq== | ==Iraq== | ||
In Iraq, <ref name=Iraq-PRT>{{citation | In Iraq, the core PRT mission is to promote "stability and development" within a "sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq that is integrated into the global economy. The teams focus on five functional areas: governance, economics, national unity, political development and rule of law."<ref name=Iraq-PRT>{{citation | ||
| url = http://iraq.usembassy.gov/iraq_prt/provincial-reconstruction-teams-fact-sheet.html | | url = http://iraq.usembassy.gov/iraq_prt/provincial-reconstruction-teams-fact-sheet.html | ||
| title = Provincial Reconstruction Team | | title = Provincial Reconstruction Team | ||
| publisher = [[United States Mission to Iraq]] | | publisher = [[United States Mission to Iraq]] | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> Typically, PRTs were linked to [[Brigade Combat Team]]s, but, as U.S. combat forces draw down, they will link to [[Iraqi Security Forces]]. | ||
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Revision as of 12:47, 25 September 2009
A Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), in U.S. and NATO doctrine, is a unit containing civilian and military personnel, for rebuilding infrastructure and encouraging development after active warfare. It has a longer-term focus than traditional military civil affairs.
They frequently serve as a point of contact for international and nongovernmental organizations.
Afghanistan
Iraq
In Iraq, the core PRT mission is to promote "stability and development" within a "sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq that is integrated into the global economy. The teams focus on five functional areas: governance, economics, national unity, political development and rule of law."[1] Typically, PRTs were linked to Brigade Combat Teams, but, as U.S. combat forces draw down, they will link to Iraqi Security Forces.