Playboy-Posing Sergeant Demoted
Air Force Noncom Who Posed Nude For Magazine Also Removed From Active Duty
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Sgt. Michelle Manhart poses with the February issue of Playboy magazine in San Antonio, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007. (AP)
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USAF Staff Sgt. Michelle Manhart in San Antonio, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007. (CBS)
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Michelle Manhart, who appeared in a six-page spread in Playboy's February issue, said she got word Friday that she was removed from "extended active duty" and was also told that she was demoted from staff sergeant to senior airman.
"I'm disappointed in our system," Manhart told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "They went too far with it."
Manhart said that she was reverted to her Air National Guard status and that she submitted a "resignation" to the Guard, which she said is pending. Manhart was a member of the Iowa Air National Guard before going on extended active duty.
Oscar Balladares, a spokesman for Lackland Air Force Base, confirmed that Manhart was removed from extended active duty Friday but said Lackland did not discharge her.
"She was removed from active duty status, and thus reverted to National Guard status," Balladares said. "It is not up to the Air Force — it is not our jurisdiction to discharge her."
Lt. Col. Greg Hapgood, a spokesman for the Iowa National Guard, said that because the Guard did not have "documentation of her separation" from the Air Force, it did not have her on duty status.
Manhart, a 30-year-old mother of two, said the military's action against her hinged on the fact that she was pictured wearing her uniform.
She was photographed in uniform yelling and holding weapons under the headline "Tough Love." The following pages showed her partially clothed wearing dog tags and fully nude. After the pictorial hit newsstands in January, Manhart was relieved of her duties pending an investigation.
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See all 81 CommentsBill Clinton gets blow jobs and has *** with an intern and he remains the president, not even demoted. She poses naked and get's demoted how is this fair? I smell Jealousy!
How do you spell double standard?
What everyone who reads this story needs to remember is that military soldiers (regardless of branch) are bound to a whole extra set of laws. The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). You are also not guaranteed all your rights (as a civilian American) when you join the military.
The UCMJ specifically states how the uniform can and cannot be displayed, Along with a plethora of other rules.
So what she did may not be "wrong" but when she joined the military she knew the rules would be different. She shouldn't be surprised by what has happened. I wouldn't be surprised to see her discharged by the guard.
I like the post that read "Make Love, Not War". She is a good poster child for that rally call.
In yesterday's news, it's reported that the military has relaxed it's policy and is allowing convicted felons into the service.
But, pose for a well respected gentlemen's magazine and you get booted.
That's Military Intelligence!
Posted by MITYWHITY at 09:23 AM : Feb 15, 2007
WHAT BUSINESS IS IT OF YOURS? Come on there you swastika hugging MORON tell us exactly HOW this harms YOUR pathetic NAZI Butt? You creeps are just about the most discusting pieces of trash on this or any other planet!! Sieg Heil!!
I like the post that read "Make Love, Not War". She is a good poster child for that rally call.
Posted by krannawitter at 09:59 AM : Feb 15, 2007
Now I don't know if you noticed but we have troops doing their 3rd or 4th tour of duty in Sir Lies-A-Lots war. You also, have to know, unless the ONLY news you get is from ***, that the military is LOWERING its standards to attract more people. Just HOW does this kind of Nazi Garbage HELP the nation or our situation? I'm tired of these LOW LIFE creatures in the Religious Reich and their direction for this Country is certainly WRONG. Now isn't it about time we started giving American's in the Military the same or better rights than the rest, NOT less? You should NOT suffer a LOSS of anything because you choose to defend your country... NOTHING!!
2. So I guess the best way for all the troops to get out of active duty is to pose nude!
Posted by MITYWHITY at 09:23 AM : Feb 15, 2007
Cnay you say JEALOUS MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by MITYWHITY at 09:23 AM : Feb 15, 2007
CAN you say JEALOUS MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you are just pissed she made more in one day of photo shoots then you will make in the next 10 years of your life.........
i think she is the big winner here...geeee let me think pose nude get paid ......get out of iraq and go home..........then get all this publicity from the army kicking you out and get paid even more from playboy because more want to see her.........
She was a + to keep on active duty ...haha she kept the moral high .....they should pay her to do more pics
Somebody is buying and looking at it!!!
The UCMJ, which is the military laws and regulations, prohibits wearing the uniform in anything that tarnishes the image of the military, or can be thought of as associating the military with a corporation.
She defied the UCMJ and got what she deserves. Whether it was for a high class magazine or not, she broke regs. If she wants people to believe she didn't know that reg, than she really is a blond!
People shouldn't feel sorry for her, and the fact that she's a mother with kids, makes her an even bigger idiot!! People, she gets extra money to support those kids from the military!! And it's PER KID!!
Seriously, the military is making an example of this woman because they need gender to be irrelevant to maintain disipline.
There are a lot of young men everywhere including college campuses all over the country. It sounds like you believe the military men can't control themselves or something. Probably better than most of the men on these college campuses!
She should be promoted to General.
Enlistments would increase by 1,000% without any additional expense.
"Military intelligence" is an oxymoron as they once again so well demonstrate.
well, it's not like the college boys interact with a playboy model everday and there is a level of fantasizing with these sort of magazines. and I don't mean to say that the young men in the military can't control themselves, but there are some who might mix up reality with fantasy being that they have a chance to interact with a model they see on a magazine. I'm not saying it will happen for sure, but the probability is slightly raised and you can't really know what goes on in everyones mind, and in no way that i'm saying that those in the military can't control themselves, it's just there's a probability
When you are on deployment, for months, you don't need a nude picture to get a hard on; it comes naturally.
Posted by nikosk1 at 11:10 AM : Feb 15, 2007
I'm sure of that. and what if some got these images, it would bring fantasy closer to reality
If you didn't already know, Playboy does a shoot every year of the best looking girls of every college conference, (SEC, ACC, etc...) MANY of the college girls are willing to pose nude and do pose nude. Not just 1 girl, MANY!! So I guess your theory of bad thoughts is going on nationwide, not just on the occasional military base or overseas.
it was just a thought, don't be so self righteous. even amongst the most elite minds drove 900 miles in a diaper for love. so get out of your perfect little world and come back to reality. like i said just a thought, nothing more, didn't mean to insinuate anything.
Whoa now!! I didn't mean to strike a nerve. I was just trying to inform you that you were incorrect in YOUR insinuations. Somebody has to stick up for the military every once is awhile. Too many self rightous people like yourself don't think highly enough about our military folks.
""Manhart, a 30-year-old mother of two, said the military's action against her hinged on the fact that she was pictured wearing her uniform. ""
I see her posing in her uniform as very disrespectful to the Air Force, our country and her responsibilities as a soldier.
""Manhart, a 30-year-old mother of two, said the military's action against her hinged on the fact that she was pictured wearing her uniform. ""
I see her posing in her uniform as very disrespectful to the Air Force, our country and her responsibilities as a soldier.
""Manhart, a 30-year-old mother of two, said the military's action against her hinged on the fact that she was pictured wearing her uniform. ""
I see her posing in her uniform as very disrespectful to the Air Force, our country and her responsibilities as a soldier.
""Manhart, a 30-year-old mother of two, said the military's action against her hinged on the fact that she was pictured wearing her uniform. ""
I see her posing in her uniform as very disrespectful to the Air Force, our country and her responsibilities as a soldier.
""Manhart, a 30-year-old mother of two, said the military's action against her hinged on the fact that she was pictured wearing her uniform. ""
I see her posing in her uniform as very disrespectful to the Air Force, our country and her responsibilities as a soldier.
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