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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. | They frequently serve as a point of contact for international and nongovernmental organizations to the host country local government and security forces. | ||
==Afghanistan== | ==Afghanistan== | ||
PRTs in Afghanistan are under the [[International Security Assistance Force]],<ref>{{citation | |||
| url = http://www.nato.int/ISAF/docu/epub/pdf/isaf_placemat.pdf | |||
| title = International Security Assistance Force | |||
and Afghan National Army Strength & Laydown | |||
| publisher = International Security Assistance Force, NATO}}</ref> and may be multinational.<ref>{{citation | |||
| title = First ISAF PRT Course held at the NATO School | |||
| author = Sjon Selles | |||
| url = http://www.studying-development.org/Study_and_Training_News/Training_News/First_ISAF_PRT_Course_held_at_the_NATO_School_20060926113.html| date = September 2006}}</ref> Their functions include public health, developing local security, and economic development. | |||
==Iraq== | ==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."<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 | ||
Latest revision as of 01:55, 1 October 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 to the host country local government and security forces.
Afghanistan
PRTs in Afghanistan are under the International Security Assistance Force,[1] and may be multinational.[2] Their functions include public health, developing local security, and economic development.
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."[3] Typically, PRTs were linked to Brigade Combat Teams, but, as U.S. combat forces draw down, they will link to Iraqi Security Forces.
References
- ↑ [http://www.nato.int/ISAF/docu/epub/pdf/isaf_placemat.pdf International Security Assistance Force and Afghan National Army Strength & Laydown], International Security Assistance Force, NATO
- ↑ Sjon Selles (September 2006), First ISAF PRT Course held at the NATO School
- ↑ Provincial Reconstruction Team, United States Mission to Iraq