Organization
The team consists of:
- a military engineer platoon with 37 personnel (field and construction engineers)
- a medical platoon with 40 personnel (doctors, nurses and medical corps staffers) who operate an aid station
- a defence and security platoon with 45 personnel (military police and soldiers who guard camps and support DART operations)
- a logistics platoon with 20 personnel to provide maintenance, transportation and supplies
- a headquarters platoon with 45 personnel who oversee operations and co-ordinate DART's response with other countries and aid organizations
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