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U.S. Airman 1st Class Michael Vue scans an Afghan woman's iris in the waiting area of the Egyptian Hospital at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 29, 2013. Medical teams use biometrics to identify and track the records for all incoming patients by scanning their iris and fingerprints for entry into a database. Vue, a entry controller, is assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron.

IRIS SCAN

U.S. Airman 1st Class Michael Vue scans an Afghan woman's iris in the waiting area of the Egyptian Hospital at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 29, 2013. Medical teams use biometrics to identify and track the records for all incoming patients by scanning their iris and fingerprints for entry into a database. Vue, a entry controller, is assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron.

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