European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Friday june 3,1983 go court martial a Rufen proving ground my up the court Manial of an army sergeant accused of trying to sell military secrets to the soviet Union began tuesday and the Public was barred from the morning session. $ sgt. Daniel Richardson 43jfc charged with espionage theft of government documents and a Jill Riel and the wrongful Dispo Tion of government property he Ifould receive life imprison ment $ Richard sort. Of Oakland Calif is accused of of offering several sche Matic diagrams and an Cut chronic circuit Board from a tank Flo a per son he belie veil was a sonet agent. Rifi Ardson. A 20-Yfcr army Man who woj cd in Aberdeen stank Turret division Jis charged with disobeying Arm regulations Jan. 13 and 14iby failing to report an attempt by an  person to obtain classified information. Office to act on a Pentagon request to spend some funds from weapons accounts on personnel it could Force the Pentagon to slow promotions Cut Back on bonuses and Lake other Adverse personnel actions that arc becoming increasingly common during annual budget cycles a Pentagon manpower official said. But the Pentagon request to spend 14 billion from weapons accounts on personnel costs appears to be dead on Capi we Hill the Pentagon usually has si.5 Bivion in annual Transfer authority Bullene peeled Cost increases in  and operations and mail Elanor accounts have caused another Roura of budget scrambling that Oft Daw had hoped to remedy with the a Jiff Money congressional staffers said tuesday. The House am Senate armed service committees it week approved the in crease Intisar Sfer authority from the old level Ops 1,5 billion but the House and Senate appropriations committees arc in no hurry to act and probably will let the Issue a nil a staffer said. A Senate staffer said defense Secre tary Frank Carlucci reportedly is leaning toward rescinding he entire proposal Pentagon officials would not comment a the appropriations commit i Norw or to go ahead with  by Jausz it Likely  in a breach of spending Linar agreed upon last fall by Drain Jamico and congressional officials Stouse staffer said. The  committees have not mad retinal a Muon yet but no one is Goin to want to Tak Evte rap for Brcak Ina those. Spending oils a House iffy said. The two major crises  officials Are the Dollar s continue slump on foreign markets and Cost overran for champs the military health cans ranch system. About $1.6 billion of the $4 billion requested by the Pentagon was to cover foreign currency fluctuation accounts which Are used to buy goods and Jet vices that must be purchased in foreign cur Rency As Well As to provide overseas Sta Tion allowance to . Another j65q million would go to the ailing champs program which has gone bankrupt two years in a Row and May run out of Money again this year most Likely in August or september that use reimbursement payments Lical Bills to be postponed until Start of the new fiscal year oct. 1, but personnel will Sec no change in the overseas station allowances. The Oka i mandated by Law and officials must find Money to pay for it. The Pentagon recognizing the we a support for the Transfer proposal an o Pitol Hilt is acting on it own to Stem the tide of red Ink. Deputy Secretary of defense William h. Tax in issued a memo May 20 out lining cent cutting moves that Are in effect until june 30 to minimize the cur rent crunch. Among those move Are a ban on overtime and cutbacks in civilian hiring. Many military commands already arc under such constraints. Or chasm of certain types of equip stand supplies will be deferred until the Ondof june including morale Wel fare  equipment office  fixtures typewriters a base support ear such As Lawn mowers and air Pond Iii Pentagon official said they will assess the situation for the final Quarter of the fiscal year after seeing the results of the actions ordered by Tan. Iranian silkworm missile Complex nearly ready at Gateway to Gulf aboard the Coronado a Iran is about to Complete a major new silkworm missile Complex in the Strait of Hormuz the top . Military com Mander for the Middle East said wednesday. Iran despite recent losses in a sea Bat the with the . Navy is not out of the game said Gen. George b. Crist chief of the . Central corny which has administrative responsibility for the Region. The iranians have been very circumspect and careful Crist said but i Don t get any feeling that the iranians have run up a White Flag or that son of thing. I would not say they have Given up their thoughts about trying Roget to  Crist said a major silkworm missile Complex is under construction at Kushes Lak overlooking the Central part of the Strait of Hormuz the Gateway to the per Sian Gulf. Silkworms fired from there with a Range of pc win Miles would cover the entire Strait he said. The four Star Marine general spoke to members of a Pentagon news Media Pool aboard the command ship Coronado the Navy s flagship in the Gulf. He said the super sophisticated Aegis guided missile Cruiser Vin Cennus which arrived in the Gulf during last week was deployed partly because of the new silkworm facility. The 9,400-Lon ship s Long Range air surveillance and weapons systems rep resents a quantum leap Forward in our ability to handle that threat Crist said. The Kun Peatak missile Lite it fixed installation As opposed to the Mobile launcher used by Iran in the past. B could be operational by late summer he said. Iran was suspected of having Mobil silkworm Sites in the Faw Peninsula in the Northern Gulf and the Strait of Hor Muz. Crist s comments indicated out More missiles could be positioned at Ibe new site. The silkworm is a chinese version of the 30-year-old soviet styx missile. Sob sonic and crude by modern standards it nevertheless can be devastating to ships. On april 18, . Forces destroyed two iranian offshore platforms Sank a patrol boat and crippled two frigates id series of Gulf Battles. Dod testing recruits for drugs alcohol Washington a acting on the orders of Congress the defense department began testing military recruits for drug and alcohol abuse for the first Lime on wednesday. The program with a Start up Price tag of s3.1 million requires All enlisted recruits As Well As officer candidates apply ing to the military academies and re serve officer training corps program to be tested for alcohol marijuana and co Caine. Applicants attempting to join the National guard and the reserves also recovered. Under guidelines promulgated by de sense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci applicants who flunk the test will lose their eligibility to join the military for up to a year depending upon the drug for which they lest  positive findings for marijuana an alcohol will result in an enlistment in ii Gib Lity for six months on the first test the guidelines stale positive findings for cocaine will result in an enlistment ineligibility for one year. A positive Sec Ond lest on any of inc three drugs will result in a two year period of enlistment  the army Navy Marine corp and air Force signed up almost 317,000 recruits in fiscal 1987. Congress ordered the drug testing pro Gram last december when it approved the Pentagon s fiscal 1988 budget Bill mandating its Start Fay the first week of june but leaving it to Carlucci to work out the details. Maj. David super a Pentagon spokes Man said tuesday that Carlucci decided last january to Start the testing at Mili tary processing stations around he coun try on june i. The testing has been opposed by some officials in the defense department on the grounds that it is Loo expensive As Well As unnecessary since All military personnel on Active duty face random drug tests at any time. A teen Ager planning to join the Mili tary can abstain from drugs for a Brief time and probably pass the test noted one manpower official who asked not to be named. Despite such arguments Congress approved a budget amendment sponsored by sen. Emest f. I idling , who asserted that a drug screening program is logical and Long  the time to Start catching Ibe users is before they join the armed forces when the government has no obligation to them Hollings said. Cartucci in setting out lest guidelines concluded recruits should be tested Tor drug and alcohol use during their preen list ment physical examinations using a breathalyzer or blood alcohol test for Al Cohol detection and urinal you for Mari Juana and cocaine detection. The Pentagon is using two military laboratories and one contractor lab to perform the cocaine and marijuana screening. All specimens will be handled inside a secure sequence of control requiring thai the applicant verify that the spec Imen is his or hers and by matting containers shipping documents and a control log with both a control number and a social Security number the Pentagon said