DART deployed to Haiti to assist in the recovery effort after a massive earthquake hit the country in January 2010 . While there , they worked in tandem with 12,000 US MINUSTAH and 2,000 Canadian troops , mainly from 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group ) . Following an initial assessment and relief work near Port-au-Prince , the DART team began to concentrate their efforts on the area surrounding Jacmel on January 18 , 2010
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2010 Haiti earthquake
Disaster Assistance Response Team