New DBIDS base access system improves JBER security

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  • By 673d Security Forces Squadron
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska --  DBIDS is a Department of Defense identity verification and force protection tool which uses barcodes and biometrics (a person's height and weight, eye color and fingerprints) along with a color photograph to identify cardholders.

It is directly connected with the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System to ensure the most up to date information regarding enrolled personnel, lost or stolen identification cards and biometrics are in the system.

DBIDS is already in use at military locations around the world.

JBER is the latest military installation to receive the DBIDS program and the first military installation in Alaska.

For security purposes, the 673d Security Forces Squadron will register the approximately 60,000 service members and civilians who require frequent access to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, into the Defense Biometric Identifica-tion System, in several phases over the next year.

In this case, biometrics for DBIDS will consist of a photo and two fingerprints, according to Tech. Sgt. Mark Centeno, 673d Security Forces Squadron, Base Access noncommissioned officer-in-charge.

Registering with DBIDS is something all those requiring frequent recurring JBER access will have to do, Centeno said.

Due to the large number of people requiring regular base access, registration will be conducted in four phases.

Phase 1 began for non-Common Access Card carrying contractors and property owners on JBER Jan. 17, and will conclude April 30. Phase 1 will be scheduled through individual companies for employees requiring access.

Active duty, Reserve and National Guard military members and their immediate families will register during Phase 2, from May to July. Retirees, their family members and all others will register in Phase 3, from August to October.

Phase 4 will be for all others not yet registered in DBIDS after October.

Administrators will register each group for base access at the following locations:

Security Forces Base Access office/Building 8517, Room 100 (Peoples Center) Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m, both Visitor Control Centers (D St and Boniface) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Remote registration will also be conducted at the Elmendorf Theater and other locations on JBER still to be determined.

In addition to validating identity credentials, DBIDS also verifies authorizations and assigns access privileges based on identity, affiliation, and the current force protection level.

The new system works very much like the Mobilisa system currently in place. The guard scans the card's various barcodes using a handheld device.

The guard then reviews the screen display; verifies it is the individual utilizing the credential to access the base, the ID card is an authorized DoD credential and that it is not expired, lost or stolen.
 
It also verifies the individual's identity and that he or she is not wanted, barred or suspended from entering the installation, and has access to the installation under the current Force Protection Condition.

Administrators will register each group for base access at the following locations:

Security Forces Base Access office/Building 8517, Room 100 (Peoples Center) Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., both Visitor Control Centers (D Street and Boniface) 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Call 552-6910 for more info.