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 ...

Four years after a scathing federal report found that a child molester and other convicted criminals gained unfettered access to Navy bases through a popular background vetting service, officials have ...

FORT JACKSON, S.C. (Sept. 11, 2014) -- A new security measure will be going into place next week at Fort Jackson's gates. While installation security has been testing the program for several weeks, ...

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, ...

Military bases are set to stop accepting Civilian Retiree Identification Cards after next month as part of the Defense Department's move toward a federal ID standard, though commanders may choose to ...

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 ...

Joint Region Marianas is transitioning away from the Navy Commercial Access Control System for vendors and contractors, its public affairs office announced. Beginning Aug. 14, contractors and vendors ...

(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 ...

The U.S. Navy is transitioning installations in the continental United States, including Hawaii and Guam, from the Navy Commercial Access Control System (NCACS) to the Defense Biometric Identification ...

Misawa Air Base in northern Japan is about to join other U.S. military installations in the Pacific that have adopted the Defense Biometric Identification System, or DBIDS. The computer-based security ...

Retired Air Force civilians who use the Air Force Form 354, Civilian Identification Card, to access USAF installations have until early 2014 — when the AF354 will be rescinded — to get a Department of ...