Calling the shooting rampage at his base last week "a very unfortunate isolated incident," the post commander at Fort Hood said that counselors are being deployed to assist the hundreds of soldiers, first responders, hospital workers, civilians and family members who were directly affected by Thursday's violence.

"The entire resources of the United States Army are at the disposal of Ft. Hood and its population to help deal with the impact of this event," Lt. Gen. Robert Cone said, addressing what he described as the "healing phase."

"Our initial focus in these last three days has really been working on getting them the kind of behavioral assessments and counseling for the traumatic stress incidents they've been through," he said at a press briefing this afternoon.

Those resources include 18 combat stress control teams, 41 behavioral health specialists and 57 ministry support teams, with additional resources coming in as needed.