An internal governmental report on the operation after its conclusion noted that the DART team was not given priority in aid flights, and were left without equipment supplies or security that it needed to function at full capacity.

The Field Operations Guide for Disaster Assessment and Responseis used by USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) for DART teams and other disaster assistance personnel when responding to foreign disasters like the Japan situation.

In February 2011, a 55-member DART team was sent to New Zealand to assist in urban search and rescue operations after the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

The DART team brought four water purification units, which can provide up to 200,000 litres of clean water per day.

Although the DART team was ready to leave within 24 hours of when the disaster struck, the government took two days to announce that the team would be dispatched, and it took nearly two weeks for DART to actually leave for Sri Lanka, due to a lack of available air transport.

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.

The DART team focus on promoting the entrepreneurial spirit amongst PSUT students as a style of life.

On 26 January 2010, the DART team established a new 5,000 litre drinking water system in Jacmel.