Provincial Reconstruction Teams are where the money is.  Well, maybe not the money, but definitely the goodwill and trust of the people we’re trying to protect and make prosper.  “Habitat for Humanity, ‘cept you get shot at,” one commenter had it.  These teams have the scary, amazing and incredibly important mission of rebuilding infrastructure and providing a helping hand to locals.  The shoutout to an Air Force Captain was especially exciting.  I hope that my classmates, the ones majoring in Civil Engineering or some other equally arcane yet utterly necessary field, are out there within the next few years, leading these teams.

Even among those of us supportive of the effort over in the sandbox, talk about how what we need to do is “connect to the people,” get into their hearts and minds- and how badly we’re failing- is quite heavy.  These men and women are out there getting their hands dirty, which is amazing.  Here’s hoping their story gets a little more press and that they can get the support they need to continue this important mission.

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