DBIDS registration mandatory for all JB MDL personnel, residents Published Sept. 10, 2010 By 2nd Lt. Carolyn Glover Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Public Affairs JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- All Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst personnel and residents must register for Defense Biometric Identification System by December 2010 or they will not be granted access to the base. Anyone not currently registered can do so at the McGuire Welcome Center Monday through Sunday, from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m. or at Military Personnel Customer Service in Bldg. 2910 Monday through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. "It is essential to our security that all JB MDL members register with DBIDS," said Maj. David Haigh, 87th Security Forces Squadron officer. "This system offers capabilities that allow us to maintain the safety and well-being of our community more than ever before. It aids law enforcement officials in continuing to protect our installation as it grows and develops as a joint base. " The system is a Department of Defense identity-authentication and force-protection tool, designed to aid security personnel in determining who has authorized access to the installation. Installation entry controllers will use a hand-held device to scan the barcode on identification cards of individuals requesting access. The scanner is linked to and updated by a DoD database, which receives frequent updates and changes to personnel and credential status, law enforcement warrants, lost and stolen ID cards and Red Cross alerts. Individual fingerprints are also registered for heightened security. Additionally, this system makes it difficult to use fake, forged or stolen ID cards to gain access to the installation. "DBIDS allows a more secure safeguarding of personnel, assets and base access," said John Rohn, DBIDS program manager. The system uses the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System to verify the identity of servicemembers, dependants, retirees and civilian personnel. "DBIDS will allow entry controllers to develop a standard, interoperable network," Rohn explained. "DBIDS is quick and efficient and shouldn't slow down base entry. The handheld scanner provides the guard feedback in seconds." DBIDS emerged as a result of the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12, which establishes uniform standards for issuing government-identity credentials. It is the Air Force's system of choice to comply with the directives established for installation access control, Rohn explained. For more information, contact Rohn at 754-3003. *Editor's note: Airman 1st Class Dennis Sloan contributed to this article.