{"id":61108,"date":"2015-07-30T14:02:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T18:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=61108"},"modified":"2015-07-30T14:02:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T18:02:51","slug":"carter-to-allow-more-armed-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=61108","title":{"rendered":"Carter to allow more armed troops"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chief Tango sends us a link to the Washington Post<\/a> which reports that Ashton Carter, the Secretary of Defense, will authorize more troops to be armed in the wake of the attack last week on a recruiting station and a Reserve center in Chattanooga, Tennessee;<\/p>\n

The decision was outlined in a two-page memo released at the Pentagon on Thursday. Carter in the memo said the ambush, in which an armed gunman opened fire at two military facilities, illustrates the threat posed to the service members in the United States by homegrown violent extremists.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis incident and the ongoing threat underscore the need for DoD to revise its force protection and security policies, programs, and procedures, particularly for off-installation DoD facilities,\u201d Carter said in the memo, signed Wednesday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Defense Secretary called for an evaluation from each of the services on their requirements for enhanced security precautions.<\/p>\n

Carter\u2019s memo authorizes commanders and civilian directors to \u201carm qualified DoD personnel for security, law enforcement and counterintelligence duties.\u201d But it adds that those who are not engaged in law enforcement, such as military police, also may be armed \u201cbased on the threat and the immediate need to protect DoD assets and lives.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The announcement also follows a report published by the Congressional Research Service<\/a> which leaned heavily on a paper from the Federation of American Scientists which proposed that the Secretary of Defense could change the policy without Congressional approval.<\/p>\n

The decision probably was made quickly because of the armed, untrained civilian folks who are standing outside recruiter offices with weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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