Pentagon Raises Threat Level at US Military Bases

• Pentagon Raises Threat Level at US Military Bases
  by THE HILL | KRISTINA WONG
  The Pentagon on Friday raised protection levels for military bases around the country, officials announced Friday. 
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  The decision was taken in response to an overall “heightened threat environment,” which included a recent shooting in Texas thought by some to have been connected to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) — which claimed responsibility for the attack — at an event where contestants drew the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren said. 
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  Warren said the move was not taken in response to any specific threat, but the “decision to do this now is informed by a generally heightened threat level.” 
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  “We’ve seen what happened in Texas, we’ve seen other social media and internet-based discussions and threats, and so we have detected a general increase in the overall environment that’s caused us to want to do this,” he said. “There is no known threat to any specific place.”
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  The level was raised from “Alpha” — with some elements of “Bravo” — to “Bravo,” said Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren. “Alpha” is a “steady state,” he said.
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