New ID card oddity.

[abdsp51]

^ That's actually both a good and hilarious idea, however I'm not sure how excited a gate guard is
going to be seeing a sticker over the barcode.

Brother labels would look better, but still not great.

Fun fact - Camp Atterbury gate security scanned my barcode into their handheld when I entered the base last year at NESA. Not sure what they were doing with it, since a random six-digit number doesn't really have any significance unless they had some kind of special CAP procedure (which is possible, considering we're there quite a bit).

The gate guard at Davis-Monthan took mine, tried to scan it, said "I've never seen a card like this before," and then waved me through.

Do not do that.  There is a procedure for CAP access onto DM and you and the guard have violated that procedure.  Contact me for further.  Doing what you have done will screw the pooch for the unit meeting on base and make it more difficult.

[Private Investigator]

I scanned it and it came back "666"   

[SarDragon]

I scanned it and it came back "666"   

Your scanner ir Tango Uniform. Both of mine came up with "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia"

Yes, I know, you got me to check. 

[JeffDG]

I scanned it and it came back "666"   

Your scanner ir Tango Uniform. Both of mine came up with "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia"

Yes, I know, you got me to check. 

I'm surprised nobody identified the origin of my QR yet...

[JeffDG]

Since nobody's turned this into a uniform thread yet:   

Change our rank slides out for these:

(Oh, and that is AF Blue)

[cm42]

I'm surprised nobody identified the origin of my QR yet...

The Cremation of Sam McGee.

[SarDragon]

I'm surprised nobody identified the origin of my QR yet...

I think I looked it up, and promptly blew it off.

[a2capt]

I think I looked it up, and promptly blew it off.

That, what he said. 

[The CyBorg is destroyed]

I'm surprised someone who has watched too many reruns of The Omen hasn't seriously suggested these are somehow the Mark of the Beast or something.

After all, that happened with Social Security numbers and UPC barcodes.

[cadeteaster13]

Same here I was confused also

[Майор Хаткевич]

[Panache]

Since nobody's turned this into a uniform thread yet:   

Change our rank slides out for these:

(Oh, and that is AF Blue)

I want my hard QR code back!

[pierson777]

You should consider updating your photo.  I had to do a double take with that Capt grade on the ID card, but C/Capt grade in the photo.

[Eclipse]

Also the nausea factor, that can really slow things up at a base gate or mission admin table.

[Майор Хаткевич]

Agreed on the need, not sure how it would slow things down at a mission.

[a2capt]

You mean if they actually take that flimsy plastic Microsoft Paint worthy creation seriously?

Put back the barcode, please.

I find it simply amazing that NHQ's response was "we didn't think anyone used it", when there's so much automation..

[Eclipse]

Agreed on the need, not sure how it would slow things down at a mission.

Also the nausea factor, that can really slow things up at a base gate or mission admin table.

Referring to your image, not the ID card itself.

[SarDragon]

You mean if they actually take that flimsy plastic Microsoft Paint worthy creation seriously?

Put back the barcode, please.

I find it simply amazing that NHQ's response was "we didn't think anyone used it", when there's so much automation..

That was the vendor's response, not NHQ's.

[Slim]

It would be nice if they could bring back the bar code, and check with DoD to find out what information CAP would need to do to make that card DBIDS compliant.

I talked with a friend of mine who is also ANG SF at the local guard base about this.  What he said was that they issue DBIDS cards to anyone who doesn't have a CAC card, other type of military ID, etc.  The base is also home to three different DHS activities (a Border Patrol sector HQ, an Air/Marine wing, and a joint operations center); apparently, DHS was able to incorporate DBIDS information into the bar codes on their agency ID card to make them readable by the scanners at the gate.

[a2capt]

DBIDS and.. go back to a plastic card?

..and I'm not totally convinced on the story about the vendor adding the barcode for their needs only, as that barcode had been on there for a while, and that as during the era of the nice thick cards that came from NHQ.