On June 5, Marine Corps installations across the region began the transition to a new government-owned access control system called Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS). This new and ...

(DBIDS), which is a central database used to verify identity using a swipe card issued by the Department of Defense. , 42nd Security Forces Squadron NCO in charge of pass and registration, said that ...

Today, surplus U.S. military planes are stored in the largest airplane boneyard in the world, operated by the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group AMARG at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base ...

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- Fort Sam Houston is currently installing the Defense Biometrics Identification System or DBIDS at all gates. An enhanced identity authentication and force protection system, ...

To improve management and force protection at Navy installations, the Navy is transitioning from using the Navy Commercial Access Control System (NCACS) to the Defense Biometric Identification System ...

Joint Base Andrews-Naval Air Facility Washington (JBA) will soon join many DoD installations throughout the world utilizing the Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) as a force protection ...

Joint Base Andrews is slated to join many Department of Defense installations throughout the world using the Defense Biometric Identification System as a force-protection-enhancement tool. DBIDS was ...

All vendors, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and service providers currently qualified for or using the Navy Commercial Access Control System (NCACS) are being transitioned to the Defense ...

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Officials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and Naval Base San Diego issued base access advisories Friday, announcing heightened security measures at all entry ...

The U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps could do a better job monitoring access to their installations as a way of preventing mass shootings like the one that devastated Fort Hood, Texas, according to a ...

EGLIN AFB, Fla. (WKRG) — Those that worked and retired on a military base need to know of some changes to base access. Civilian retirees, meaning you were not enlisted or in a military branch, but ...

This article by Haley Britzky originally appeared on Task & Purpose, a digital news and culture publication dedicated to military and veterans issues. The Defense Department announced on Friday that ...