European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 3 military studying How gis travel aim is to help them keep Low profile by Clint Swift Washington Bureau chief Washington american military efforts to help service members keep a Low profile during International travel Center on the Way members the papers they carry and the planes they Fly officials at the Pentagon said air Force and Marine commanders have urged Mem Bers of those services to pay attention to dress and hair cuts that could single them out As the Navy in Europe and the defense department have been reexamining what documents travelling employees should the european corny and the defense depart ment have tackled the Issue of what planes service members should use when they an air Force spokesman said some commanders have been advising travelling airmen not to appear military or even that Means dont Wear uniforms on civilian he he said the advice extends to avoiding unit or service shirts that say air Force on them or cow boy Cowboy boots or belts with Large commanders messages also have suggested go through personal effects for indicators that you might be he said airmen Are being counselled to think about How Best to carry identification cards and even to remove pm or commissary receipts that would suggest military the advice mostly has been from commanders to units in the Field or to transportation offices handling movement of personnel in official the spokesman he said he had seen messages from at least two commands Safe and communications come which he had been Able to establish were consistent with air Force he emphasized that the messages were suggestions to not air Force the marines emphasized wednesday that haircut guidelines issued to embassy guards Over the weekend were not a change in policy or an exception to Walt commander of the unit that provides Security guards for nearly 130 embassies around the directed his troops to consider the terrorist threat before going beyond regulations in getting their hair a defense department memorandum to Pentagon correspondents said Boomer has encouraged marines in Marine Security detachments to refrain from the so called High and tight or close shaven hair which tends to draw undue attention when they Are in civilian clothing while off marines will be expected to adhere to present Marine corps grooming which pre scribe a conservative Cut with hair length being no longer than three inches on the top of the head and tapered gradually Down along the sides to no longer than one eighth of a Boomers order came after four of duty Marine guards were shot at an outdoor cafe in Al Salvador on june an army spokesman said he knew of no initiatives regarding passports or appearance changes for the army Hast had the problem the Navy has with its people Flung out All he he estimated that the army had perhaps 150 people in attache or other jobs that take them out of routine army assignment areas a state department spokesman declined to comment on what documents Marine guards or military attaches use to get to their neither is there any Navy directive regarding appearance changes As a result of recent terrorist a spokesman for that service a Navy spokesman said there Are no plans at present to extend the Nav Europe passport initiative the Navy in Europe took a step to solve an immediate he that command is urging its members to obtain Blue civilian passports and apply for reimbursement instead of travelling on identification cards or a Marine spokesman said he sees a move afoot in the corps to allow marines to travel More in leave in which they could use passports instead of he said that for Security reasons he  discuss other Steps the corps might take to reduce marines in travel into Greece for department of defense civilians and their families was a european come message said Ravel on permanent or temporary duty would be by military Airlift come or military charter flights the re Striction is effective immediately and will stay in effect it a Neucom spokesman said the hijacking of Twa flight 847 by moslem terrorists last month was one of a series of events that led to the the command is constantly examining the need for measures to safeguard Dod he but it would be inappropriate to discuss the nature of these the spokesman said there Are two flights in and out of hell Nikon a each one c141 starlit or and one c130 the restriction on Perma nent change of station travel should mean 18 fewer seats a Day filled on commercial flights through he said the temporary duty Impact could not be there Are military and family members in Greece at five he a Dod task Force is examining pass port use of foreign air carriers and terrorist Inci Dent training for members of the group the two dozen members include representatives from each of the the defense the joint chiefs of staff organization and from manpower and logistics the group existed previously but received impetus from recent one member passport policy is the question of what documents Dod travellers could carry he the carriers question asks whether the employees might not be bet Ter off flying with a foreign airline than a government regulations often stipulate that employees who want to be reimbursed for directed travel use american carriers if they Are training is the question of whether the defense department is preparing employees adequately in How to behave if they find themselves held the task Force is working under the auspices of Rich Ard assistant Secretary of defense for International Security an official in Armitage office said the group is to have recommendations for Deputy defense Secretary William Taft by july submersible will resume sea search the robot submersible scarab sister ship to the scarab which found and retrieved two Black Box flight recorders from the air India jumbo Jet which crashed into the Atlantic with the loss of 329 lives on june is shown aboard the Canadian coast guard vessel John Cabot in the John Cabot was to sail to the crash site on Friday to resume searching the sea the voice record which was recovered from a depth of feet on is believed to have captured on tape the last moments before the the second of the two recorders was recovered thursday about feet from where the first was a photo