FORT CAMPBELL, Ky-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta spoke at Fort Campbell on Friday. He addressed the "Green on Blue" incidences that have taken place since the accidental burning of Qurans at Bagram Air Field.

Panetta told the soldier of the 101st Airborne Division, that the U.S. has no intention of changing stategies in response to the incidences, but that they are taken seriously. He also told the soldiers present that he had discussed the incidences with Marine Corps General John Allen.

He recounted to those present that Allen had told him, “the Taliban are going to resort to these kinds of criminal acts against our guys because, frankly, they are failing in everything else.They haven’t been able to organize themselves; they haven’t been able to retake any of the areas that we have taken. This is the one way they can get some attention.”

He also pointed out that even though the Taliban is trying out these new tactics, that it will not alter the schedule already in place calling for a full transition to Afghan Security Forces by the end of 2014.

In response to these recent attacks, the Secretary said, “It means that our troops have to be prepared to deal with this. We’ve got a training brigade here that will be going over there. They’ve got to make sure these (Afghans) are properly screened, properly trained and they’ve got to watch each other’s backs.”

During his visit to Fort Campbell, Panetta met with soldiers preparing to go to Afghanistan to train National Security Forces there. He also visited the Air Assault School and said the 101st already demonstrates the agility and speed the rest of the military needs to adopt.

In addition, the secretary also met with Gold Star families, who lost immediate family members in combat, and with the division’s leaders.