Sergeant Relieved of Duties Over Playboy Spread
SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 11) - An Air Force staff sergeant who posed nude for Playboy magazine has been relieved of her duties while the military investigates, officials said.
In February's issue, which hits newsstands this week, Michelle Manhart is photographed in uniform yelling and holding weapons under the headline "Tough Love." The following pages show her partially clothed, wearing her dog tags while working out, as well as completely nude.
"This staff sergeant's alleged action does not meet the high standards we expect of our airmen, nor does it comply with the Air Force's core values of integrity, service before self, and excellence in all we do," Oscar Balladares, spokesman for Lackland Air Force Base, said in a statement.
Manhart told Playboy she considers herself as standing up for her rights.
"Of what I did, nothing is wrong, so I didn't anticipate anything, of course," Manhart, 30, told The Associated Press. "I didn't do anything wrong, so I didn't think it would be a major issue."
Manhart, who is married with two children, joined the Air Force in 1994, spending time in Kuwait in 2002.
2007-01-12 04:02:25 · 27 answers · asked by marnefirstinfantry 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Magazines
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2007-01-12 04:06:06 · answer #1 · answered by Bman 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
The military is a joke right now. And they had no right demoting her. They are lowering their standards for recruits to the point where they are accepting more criminals (felons, people who have assaulted others, ect...). An U.S. official was even quoted saying that the best and brightest Americans go into the military. That couldn't be further from the truth. Hypocrisies like this lesson our current military's credibility even more. Also, if the people under her will not respect her as much, or listen to her order as much, or she now has a greater chance of being sexually harassed, then what does that tell us about the discipline of our military? She would have still been their superior.
2016-03-14 04:54:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Her actions most likely violated some Air Force rules about actions that can be construed as representing the American government, as she is a representative of the Armed Forces, but personally I don't see why it is a big deal, if anything guys might want to join the airforce now.
2007-01-16 05:09:55 · answer #3 · answered by bezeguy2010 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course,and Manhart knew this when she when she posed nude for Playboy. She no doubt was overcome by greed and a desire for fame. She used her beauty in an attempt to get her struggling modeling/acting career jump started. Her family will suffer for her iniquities. I hope the U.S Air Force gives her the boot, and lives up to the high standards they lay claim to.
2007-01-12 04:14:06 · answer #4 · answered by Kurt 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes...while on active duty, before taking an outside job the military member must get permission from their supervisor. Something tells me she did not get this permission. Additionally, she posed in uniform...if she had simply posed as a model, without saying anything about the military and without posing in uniform, there would be less of a problem.
Playboy has done pictorals of women in uniform before, but they have been women no longer on active duty, so the same rules do not apply
2007-01-15 10:49:26 · answer #5 · answered by Nudist4u 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
She should have been booted out and rightfully so. She knew once she enlisted the restrictions and conduct she should uphold, especially if she earned the rank of a seargant. If this was prior to her service or after her service it would be a different issue since she would be considered a civillian, but for her to pose in uniform was tasteless in my opinion. She's nothing more than yet another opportunistic attention seeking hootch with apparently no morals and little respect for the uniform she enlisted to wear.
2007-01-12 11:15:33 · answer #6 · answered by Blonde Ambition 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
playboy is DOD form 2.
2007-01-12 04:10:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that she should have known that the AF would have a problem with her posing nude. She is representing the Armed Forces and they hold people to a much higher standard of living and discipline. She works for them. I am not saying I agree with it, but she should have known there would be repercussions for her actions.
2007-01-12 04:07:40 · answer #8 · answered by foxiegixxergurl2004 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Only if they are going to interfere with all the army men who pose for calendars.
2007-01-12 04:06:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you join the Air Force, for better or for worse, they own you. You can get in trouble for not wearing your seat belt or for not having you civilian friends wear their seat belt when they're in your car. Heck, back in the '60's,my Air Force dad got in trouble because my mom got a yeast infection.
People who join the Air Force know that the AF expects certain standards of behavior from them and they sign a contract stating that they understand this. Posing for PB was clearly a breech of contract. No doubt she knew that before she posed. They didn't throw her in jail, the just got released from duty -- something the AF clearly has a right to do if they don't feel the individual is meeting up with their high standards. If you want your life to be your own, don't join the military. Clear and simple.
2007-01-12 04:10:45 · answer #10 · answered by comet girl...DUCK! 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes only beacuse they are asked to sign to agee not to have this kind of behavior. Because they are representatives of the US government. their reputation is on the floor as it is. can't allow a playboy article to dig the hole further.
2007-01-12 04:11:53 · answer #11 · answered by leidy101 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋