Who is Responsible for Training the Civilian Members of the Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs)

Abstract

The purpose of this monograph is to attempt to determine who is responsible for establishment and enforcement of standards that the civilian members of PRTs must accomplish in training before they deploy overseas. The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) have proven to be a very effective instrument in the conduct of stability operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, yet there is no set government standard to ensure proper training or preparation for personnel from US Government agencies before they arrive at a mobilization post for predeployment training. Apart from not having a stated mission, the most significant issue for PRTs and therefore the purpose of this paper is to address the preparation of government civilians from other agencies before they deploy. Due to the newness of the PRTs, there are a limited number of books about them. Therefore, most of the research was conducted by looking at periodical, government testimonies and through the power of the internet. The key challenges continuing to face the PRTs are a lack of national strategy for their employment, changing reporting channels, variations of training standards, lack of doctrine, and uncertain chain of command. To date, the State Department has not published a training or preparation standard that personnel from other agencies must accomplish before they deploy to a mobilization site or overseas. The results of this paper can be used to critically examine the current methodology and improve the training and preparation of the PRTs before they deploy. One possible solution is implementation of a Department of Defense coordination cell that works exclusively with the State Department to ensure that the training, preparation, and lessons learned are relayed to other agencies in a timely manner. As the United States learned in Vietnam with the CORDS program, "PRTs illustrate the need for effecti

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA532891

Entities

People

  • J. C. Sawyer Ii

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Management Personnel
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Library and Information Science
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.