European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 critic claims army blackballed him letter started trouble sex Soldier says by William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington Pentagon officials reportedly have completed an investigation into the Fate of a former Soldier who told the army s Leader that the service is ill equipped untrained unplanned and led largely by  since writing those words in an open letter to the army chief of staff in the october 1987 edition of the armed forces journal former staff sgt. Louis Hicks said he has been harassed mis treated and since leaving the service blacklisted from Federal employment. After Hicks Story reached Capitol Hill and the Media army chief of staff Gen. Carl Vuono asked his inspector general to investigate. But while Pentagon sources said the investigation is com plete army officials would not release the findings or comment on the Case to the stars and stripes. Hicks received an honorable discharge last August after eight years of army service. However the discharge contained a re enlistment code re-3, Brand ing him As unqualified for  before leaving Active duty Hicks Security clearance also was pulled with what he Calls extreme  those two actions have kept him from getting a Federal Job in his career Field As an intelligence analyst and russian Ian Driver 19, held in attack on freeway Oakland Calif. A a Man who witnesses said wanted to make free Way traffic move faster so a passenger could get to a bathroom has been charged in the shooting death of another Motorist. Darryl Ray Poole 19, was held with out bail thursday on charges of murder and firing into an occupied vehicle in the slaying of Lawrence Ellingsen 53. An Anonymous tip led to pole s arrest dec. 30, police said. Police initially thought it was a random Bullet that pierced the rear window of Ellingsen s car dec. 3 and hit him in the head. Poole had four passengers in his car and was driving behind Ellingsen and his wife Sherri police said. The passengers said he had told the that he was going to make traffic Speed up because one of them had to go to the bathroom said sgt. Dan Voznik. Poole fired one shot from a Rifle outdid nothing beforehand to indicate to the Ellis Sens that he wanted them to go fas Ter Voznik said. Mrs. Ellingsen steered the car to the Side of the Road As her husband slumped Over the wheel. Guage linguist. He also has been turned Down for a Job at one of the military s overseas High schools and at military Exchange stores in West Germany. I m still under a bar to re enlist ment Hicks said from his Home in Augsburg West Germany where he awaits his wife s exit from the army in May. Could t join the military in any form. I can t be hired by the Federal government. There Are a lot of things i can t  Hicks has managed to get a Job As substitute teacher at Augsburg Elemen tary school. He also is working on his master s degree. In his armed forces journal letter Hicks told Vuono that the . Army today shows Little inclination to under take its vital  citing an attempt to share the frustration and anguish of his very dedicated fellow soldiers with Vuono Hicks cited training deficiencies and questioned weaponry that few soldiers can use. Know How it works and no one can  Hicks said officers had an elitist perspective and do not acknowledge error or failure that is necessary for learning. Few officers bother with the intellectual components of their jobs he said. Before the article appeared Hicks had been offered an Roth scholarship at the University of Arizona after commanding officers described him As having unlimited potential for future military leadership his military file shows. A month after the article he was transferred to guard duty and soon afterwards to clerical janitorial and Garden ing work the file shows. Hicks then a member of the 701st military intelligence brigade in Augsburg received five written reprimands and two articles 15 after the journal article was published. He also lost his Secu Rity Access and was demoted to sergeant the military record also shows. Hicks Calls losing his Security Clear Ance the kiss of death because putting his years of experience and training to use within the Federal government is impossible without it. An aide to rep. Dave Mccurdy d okla., said his office did not think the articles 15 against Hicks were War ranted. We warned them the army that unless you can substantiate an Arti Cle 15, then you Guys Are going to Hurt from bad publicity. Saying it was apparent that Hicks had suffered from the journal article the aide said Mccurdy told the army we re not that dumb. Substantiate it to us and everyone else or drop  in retrospect Hicks said he realized such harassment might occur. I am aware of a lot of things that can happen to you because of the things that you do. And the fact that people Are going to do things to you that Are simply wrong is not a reason to not do things he said. If you run your life according to peo ple s threats against you you re never going to get anything  Hicks said that while his article an gered officers a lot of sergeants major were angered  but he said his for Mer fellow soldiers have been quietly supportive. Most of them think yes it s All very True. Yes we All know this but they ask me How could you be so stupid to let them know that you know people Felt sorry for  if the in investigation fails to show he was mistreated Hicks plans to file suit against the army for defamation of Char Acter and economic damage based on his inability to find work in his career Field. It s not that i m against the army Hicks said in a Telephone interview thursday. I m not anxious to see the army As an institution sullied. It s just that when i was on Active duty i saw hundreds of million of dollars being spent on junk. It s because i think we need an army that i wrote what i  Reagan retirement Retreat this $2.5 million House in the Bel air Section of los Angeles is where president Reagan and his wife Nancy Are settling Down. Modest by neigh boyhood standards the Home was purchased by a group of the reagans friends who Are leasing it to the out going president for a reported $15,000 a month. 1 St registrant marches past draft period by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington Joseph Frank a City employee in Lafayette la., becomes a minor footnote in military history  celebrating his 26th birthday Frank is the first person since the Viet Nam War to pass through the full eight year period of draft eligibility without actually being drafted under the Selec. F am is or4/ Rio -a1 in t�/4 Anio to a Frank was the first 18-year-old to sign up and be processed under the new pro Gram which was launched on Jan. 5, 1981. From Friday on however if con Gress and the president order a return to military conscription under present Law. Frank is too old to be drafted said Lew Brodsky a spokesman for the selective service system. Names and addresses of males aged 18 Tive service system s revamped registry through 25 Are kept on file by the Selec emergency Brodsky said. If Congress re instated the draft those most Likely to be called into service would be Young me who turn 20 during that Calendar year. First we d conduct a birthrate lottery to determine the order of Call within that age group and then depending on the requirements of the crisis those whose birthdays draw Low numbers would be More Likely to be called Brodsky said. The last formal draft in the United states ended in 1973, with the Advent of the All Volunteer Force. The selective Skeleton status and draft registration was suspended. After studies concluded that the United states would need a draft to mobilize rapidly for a major conflict president Carter decided in 1980 to revitalize the selective service system. He reinstated registration for men in january 1981. Using computer technology the Selec Tive service system can begin issuing thousands of induction notices through Western Union mail Grams in three Days or fewer once Congress gives the Tion program. Tive service system for use in a National service system in 1975 was reduced to president a Green Light Brodsky said