European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thes Arsand pipes vol. 52, no. 116 500 thursday August 12, 1993 d 8693 a . May use commandos to ferret out fugitive Aid id from wire reports Washington the Clinton administration is considering using commandos to search Mogadishu for somalian warlord Mohamed Farrah aided who the United states believes was behind the killing of four american soldiers . Officials said tuesday. One official familiar with government planning said that the use of special forces and other creative Mili tary operations was being discussed along with the use of commandos from other countries. Administration officials said the United states can not pull out of Somalia As Long As armed clans continue to disrupt Security. The discussions of stepped up efforts to arrest and remove aided underline the growing consensus that . Troops will remain in Somalia far longer than originally believed. And the determination to arrest the fugitive under scores How the . Mission has evolved from provid ing Relief to undertaking aggressive military enforce ment. Aided has been a fugitive since june 11, when . Forces first attacked his strongholds in retaliation for the june 5 killings of 24 pakistani peacekeepers. I think it is very important that he be removed from the equation said David h. Shinn the administration s special coordinator for Somalia. A senior . Military official in Mogadishu speak ing on condition of anonymity said tuesday that the . Military command was bringing in special equip ment which he declined to identify to help in the search for aided. We re going to up the Ante the . Official said. We re getting a Little More  Shinn. Who returned from Somalia on july 27, said see aided on Page 2 commandant wants marines to be the few the proud the single anti crime Bill president Clinton talks to police officers from around the country after an address in the White House Rose Garden on wednesday during which he unveiled his Anil crime eventually the weight of family package. The president said the package would be a major Down payment on his i act problems can disrupt the i Divi Campaign pledge. See Story on Page 2. Washington a the Marine corps will not allow married people to join its ranks after sept. 30, 1995, and is requiring All marines already in the serv ice to take educational awareness classes aimed at discouraging Early marriage. In a written message for All members of his service the Marine corps com mandant Gen. Carl e. Mundy jr., wrote aug. 5 that a Rise in troubled or failed marriages among Young marines was be ginning to take a heavy toll on the corps. Mundy wrote that 40 percent of marines on their first tour of duty Are mar ried and that of those Only 10 percent re enlist after their first contract is up. He did not mention specifically what share of Marine marriages fail. Although Many of these marriages Are Strong far too Many Are not he wrote arc problem i Dividu concentration level result in de Al s creased performance and require command attention. Unfortunately this has become an All too familiar pattern  the four Star Gehe fal noted that the Strain on Young marines is becoming greater because although the size of the corps is shrinking the demand for Field deploy ments is growing. That Means marines Are spending More time away from Home. As a result Mundy wrote that starting in the budget year beginning oct. 1, mar Rich people can make up no More than 4 percent of the recruit class. The proportion will drop to 2 percent the following year. Starting with the 1996 budget year beginning oct. 1, 1995, no married peo ple will be hired As recruits. Mundy also ordered that those already in the marines will be required to under go an educational awareness program on the advantages of delaying  the initial phase of the program to be provided during recruit training is scheduled to begin this fall. Faulty paint forces License plate recall by Wayne  staff writer . Army Europe officials have issued a recall for thousands of License plates is sued to service members and civilians in Europe because the Black paint on them May Wash off. The command s registry of motor vehicles said about 20,000 people were is sued defective plates which carry the let ters new a or  each two letter series entails 9,900 Black and White  of the defective plates belong to the new and a series. Officials stopped issuing pc series plates after learning they May be defective. The plates will be replaced at no Cost to vehicle owners beginning sept. 1 said Herbert Logan a spokesman for the vehicle registry. The no Cost replacement period will end oct. 31. / some car owners May face a fee for a double White insurance card which is needed before new License plates Are is sued. Some insurers will Issue new White cards at no charge but they Are not obligated to do so Logan said. Due to a manufacturer production problem the Black paint was not prop Erly cured and has a tendency to Wash off Logan said in a statement wednes Day. The plates Are manufactured in the United states. The Usa eur Public affairs office did not name the manufacturer saying Only that command officials Are trying to determine who will pay for the replacement plates. Some car owners already have brought defective plates to vehicle registration offices he said. Some of the defective plates were is sued As recently As monday. We Haven t received any official word As yet about a recall but we stopped issuing these series plates Here about two or three months ago when we ran out of them said sgt. Beth Hunter of the vehicle registration office in Kaiserslautern Germany. Since then we have had a lot of complaints about the paint Chipping off and washing away Hunter said. I expect that this will affect hundreds of peo ple  some registration offices will continue to Issue defective plates because replace ment versions will not be available for at least a week according to the usar eur Public affairs office. Registry officials Are urging car owners not to repaint the License plate letters. It will take several weeks to notify car owners about the plates Logan said. Hitting the link sin the South of France see stripes pages 13-15