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New identification system will soon debut at Robins

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In preparation for new security procedures scheduled to come online next summer, Team Robins members will have to register personal information in the new Defense Biometric Identification System in the coming months.

The system, known as DBIDS, is an identity authentication and force protection tool which implements physical imagery and digital records into a database. It uses bar codes and biometrics to identify cardholders and is mandated by the Department of Defense.

"DBIDS is used to provide an increased protection capability for military personnel and resources," said Tech. Sgt. Christopher Navarro, NCO in charge of plans and programs in the 78th Security Forces Squadron.

DBIDS will be implemented at Robins in two phases. The first phase requires members to take about five minutes to register personal information at one of four locations. They will be photographed and fingerprinted, and the information uploaded into the system.

The second phase calls for handheld scanners to be used at gate entry control points to verify personal information. Navarro said the process of scanning cards and retrieving information from a database is expected to take less than three seconds.

DBIDS is scheduled to be fully in place by August 2011, but Security Forces personnel will be testing the system throughout the next 12 months to familiarize themselves with the new tool.

Once the system is fully operational, those who have not registered will not be allowed access to the base. Short-term visitors will be issued a bar-coded, paper pass, while those authorized long-term access will need to obtain a DBIDS ID card.

A registration schedule with times and locations will soon be released.