Blind Ambition: Lessons Learned and Not Learned in an Embedded PRT

Abstract

Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) and their much smaller and operationally leaner dependencies, embedded PRTs (ePRTs), have made meaningful and lasting contributions to U.S. postconflict reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq since their inception in November 2005. This article presents the observations and experiences of one person on a single ePRT operating in the same expanse of Southern Baghdad Province over a period of 18 months from the tail end of the "Baghdad Surge" in late 2008 through the Council of Representatives election and transfer of power in March 2010. Toward that end, what follows is mostly anecdotal and does not necessarily reflect what surely were different experiences and operational realities on other PRTs and ePRTs in other parts of Iraq.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA536923

Entities

People

  • Blake Stone

Organizations

  • National Defense University

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Department Of State
  • Governments
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Movements
  • Public Health
  • Rural Areas
  • Security
  • Stability Operations
  • Students
  • War Colleges

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  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.