DoD RFID Biometric Identification ...

DefenseLINK News: DoD Readies Biometric RFID System for U.S. Bases in Iraq

Gerry J. Gilmore, AFPS, writes ...

... "The Defense Department is fine-tuning a $75 million biometric identification system designed to improve force protection at U.S. military bases in Iraq, according to officials involved with the project. A technician scans in a person's iris for input into DoD's biometric ID computer database during a recent demonstration of the system. At a recent system demonstration, DoD officials said the state-of-the-art system will use biographical data, facial photographs, fingerprints and iris scans collected from Iraqis and other non-U.S. citizens who want to work on U.S. bases in Iraq to develop ID cards that can't be counterfeited. " ...