Washington ( CNN ) -- The Army must transform how it protects its soldiers , collects information about internal threats and communicates with the FBI and terrorism experts in an effort to prevent another incident like last year 's shootings at Fort Hood in Texas , a report by the Army and the Department of Defense says . The report , released Tuesday , says a remedy will be more Army participation in the Joint Terrorism Task Force , teams of experts drawn from law enforcement and intelligence agencies . It also recommends that Army agents within the FBI headquarters work as part of the threat management unit . The report highlights a failure to share information inside the Army and to encourage anyone , without fear of punishment , to voice suspicions about others in the military . `` The focus of the findings and recommendations in the Information Sharing area was the lack of policy , procedures and systems for the sharing of threat related information between the Services , Combatant Commands , DoD and other federal agencies such as the FBI , '' the report said . The Army report is 118 pages and titled `` Army Internal Review Team : Final Report . '' The Air Force , Navy and Marines released separate reports . Maj. Nidal Hasan , a Army psychiatrist and U.S.-born Muslim , is accused of the November 5 , 2009 , shootings , in which 13 people were killed and dozens wounded . An evidentiary hearing is set to resume on Monday , a step toward the military decision on whether Hasan will face a court-martial and a possible death penalty . After the shootings there were numerous reports of Hasan 's outspoken opposition to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and to Muslims killing Muslims . Hasan was days away from shipping out to Afghanistan at the time of the shootings . Also , Hasan reportedly had communicated by e-mail with radical Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki , something U.S. government agencies apparently knew about but did not tell the military . Army Secretary John McHugh and Gen. George Casey , chief of staff of the Army , were at Fort Hood on Friday to mark the first anniversary of the shootings . McHugh was asked whether the Army had done enough to respond to warning signals about Hasan . He said the Army is `` looking at the final parts of assessing exactly what was known , what officers and soldiers knew about that particular individual and what was done , if anything , to react to it . '' The Army report says no single action would have prevented Fort Hood . `` However , in the aggregate , the initiatives outlined by the Army 's internal review team will significantly improve the Army 's ability to mitigate internal threats , ensure FP [ force protection ] , enable emergency response and provide care for the victims and families . '' The report says the Army needs to create a kind of `` neighborhood watch '' program that will teach members of the Army community to recognize and report suspicious behavior . The report acknowledges that members of Congress continue to press the Defense Department and U.S. intelligence agencies for what they knew about Hasan . `` Much of the information requested has not been released because it would compromise the trial of the alleged perpetrator , '' the report says . The Army says it already has implemented changes , including having first responders move in quickly to respond to a shooting rather than cordoning it off and awaiting special teams . Some of the recommendations were general and some were very specific . The Army is still working on ways to identify what it calls `` observable indicators for espionage , terrorism and extremism , '' according to the report . Another recommendation says , `` [ Military Police ] are now authorized to use jacketed hollow point ammunition to reduce the risk of injury to innocent bystanders . ''
Army report : Methods for protecting soldiers , collecting intelligence need change . Army participation in Joint Intelligence Task Force is one remedy , report says . Report says need to share information and encourage people to come forward . Report says some changes have already been implemented .