The Pentagon is developing a way to quickly warn military personnel in the United States about threats to their safety after the July 16 attack in Chattanooga, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Friday.
Carter also said the military is clarifying its rules about when military personnel can carry weapons at recruiting centers and larger installations, and said the Defense Department will spend an extra $100 million over two years to protect military personnel.
He discussed the steps during a change of command ceremony for the U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado.
The goal of the warning system is to notify personnel of a threat within a 20-mile radius in 10 minutes or less, Carter said. He gave no other details.
On July 16, 2015, 24-year-old Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez opened fire at military recruiting offices on Lee Highway before driving to the U.S. Naval and Marine Reserve Center on Amnicola Highway, where he killed four Marines and mortally wounded a Navy sailor. Abdulazeez was then shot and killed by Chattanooga police.