Defense.gov News Article: Military Must Better Prepare Against Internal Threats, General Says: "The Defense Department must “plan more diligently” and “seek to envision” internal threats to prevent tragedies like the mass shooting at Fort Hood last year from happening again, an independent military panel told Congress members today.
Gen. Carter Ham, commander of U.S. Army Europe, told the House Appropriations Committee’s Defense Subcommittee the panel “was very impressed with the military and civilian response” to the Nov. 5 shootings. Ham is an advisor to the DoD Independent Review Related to Fort Hood, co-chaired by retired Navy Adm. Vernon E. Clark, a former chief of naval operations, and former Army Secretary Togo D. West Jr. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates created the panel and received its report Jan. 15."
