RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas –
Security Forces personnel are urging Common Access Card holders to input their information into the Defense Biometrics Identifications System during sign-up times which have been advertised throughout Randolph Air Force Base.
So far, statistics indicate that Team Randolph CAC holders are complying.
"The registration is going well; we're on track to meeting our registration goals and we're trying to get as many units filtered through the registration process as we can,"" said Robert Vickers, 902nd Security Forces Squadron investigator, who added DBIDS is a security enhancement tool and an access control system telling Security Forces if someone is allowed access to the base.
Mr. Vickers said at DBIDS registration seminars being held at various times and on various base locations, CAC holders will bring in their existing CACs, get fingerprinted, and their DEERS information will be inputted via computer to their CAC's chip.
Besides times for scheduled registration being held at the Base Theater in Building 100, Mr. Vickers said anyone may come in the base Visitor Control Center from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. This includes retirees and family members.
He added that Air Education Training Command would like DBIDS registration to finish by the end of June, but that goal is adjustable. By the end of 2010, he said Security Forces personnel at Randolph's entry gates will have scanners to check CACs.
The next process, he added, is getting Security Forces personnel using the scanners and card holders familiar with them.
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They're like bar code readers," he said. "The plan is to start using the scanners to check the CACs starting during the first part of 2011 as part of socializing people to them, or getting people used to using them. During the first three months of the scanners' use, we'll let people on base if they have a valid CAC. But we'll be encouraging you to get registered during that time if you haven't already registered," he emphasized.
Mr. Vickers said it takes only five minutes to complete DBIDS registration, if not a little longer on weekends. He asked that registrants be patient, adding that the goal is to get them through with the process as soon as possible.
For more information on the DBIDS registration process, call Master Sgt. Andrew Rodriguez, 902nd Security Forces Squadron NCO-in-charge, installation security section, at 652-5968.