The World - News from July 10, 1985
The Navy and Marine Corps have taken steps to make traveling servicemen and embassy guards less conspicuous overseas in the light of recent terrorist incidents. In Europe, sailors and Marines were ordered to curtail use of official U.S. government passports. And the commander of the Marine Corps’ security detachment, which provides guards for U.S. embassies, urged his men to forgo the so-called “high and tight” haircut that makes them conspicuous when wearing civilian clothes.
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