Pentagon Moving Forward With Fort Hood Recommendations

The Department of Defense announced Thursday that they will be implementing 26 of the 79 recommendations that followed a review of November’s shooting at the Fort Hood military installation in Texas.

These recommendations include the expansion of eGuardian, an FBI run threat detection and tracking system, increased information sharing between law enforcement agencies within the military and new policies for weapons privately owned by those who live on-base.

The independent review, which was spearheaded by former Secretary of the Army Togo West and retired Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Vernon Clark, issued the 79 recommendations in a report this January. Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has taken issue with the report for not specifically addressing Islamist extremism.

The November 5th shooting was carried out by Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army Major and psychologist reported to have ties with a controversial former Imam in Yemen. Hasan killed 13 and wounded 30 others.

Actions on the remaining recommendations will be announced by June.