Special security measures not being taken in Nevada in response to Fort Hood shootings

Nevada military outposts took no extraordinary precautions as a result of the massacre at Fort Hood, Texas.
The Nevada National Guard did not take any special security measures at its facilities in Nevada, said Sgt. Erick Studenicka, a public information officer.

Studenicka said Nevada guard facilities were taking “alpha” security precautions, which is a step above normal but not that unusual. It means they do random, anti-terrorist searches at gates.

“It’s not because of Texas,” he added shortly after the shooting. “We don’t know what caused the violence there.”
Studenicka said that no guard members from Nevada are based at Fort Hood.

At Nellis Air Foce Base, Capt. Amy Oliver with the public affairs office said operations there remained normal.
“It’s an isolated incident as far as we know right now,” she said.

Nothing had changed by late afternoon: “We’re watching the news just like you are.”

Staff Sgt. Alice Moore at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs said, “We haven’t changed our security posture, but, as always, we maintain a heightened state of awareness.”

The Islamic Society of Nevada sent out a statement condemning the killings.

The statement noted that Dr. Aslam Abdullah, director of the group, wrote in his blog that the actions of Major Malik Nadal Hasan are horrible “and every U.S. citizen must condemn his action.”

“There is no justification for what he did. However, let us be cautious in relating this event to a faith or a community as it would impact not only our analysis and interests but would also damage community relations in our country,” he wrote. “Nadal was (a) lunatic and he should be described and portrayed as such. It does not matter what his faith is or what his nationality is. What matters is that he acted criminally and abused the trust placed in him. We must identify him as a criminal and no more or no less than that.”