Puritans Win Again–Playboy Model Demoted By Air Force

Last week we found that money form strippers wasn’t good enough for those raising money to fight cancer. Now we find that, despite a serious shortage of personnel willing to serve in the armed forces, posing for Playboy disqualifies an Air Force Sergeant. The BBC reports:

A US Air Force sergeant who posed nude for Playboy magazine has been removed from active duty and demoted.

The move reverts Michelle Manhart to air national guard status, a move which has prompted her resignation, she says.

“I’m disappointed in our system. They went too far with it,” she told the Associated Press news agency.

Ms Manhart appeared in the Playboy’s February edition in a range of poses, some in uniform and striking a military pose, others while naked.

Ms Manhart had been a member of the Iowa air national guard before going on extended active duty with the air force.

In January, Ms Manhart was suspended from duties while an investigation into the incident was carried out.

At the time the air force released a statement saying that her actions did not “meet the high standards we expect of our airmen”.

However, Ms Manhart defended her decision to pose for the magazine, pointing out that she had served her country since 1994.

So this did not “meet the high standards we expect of our airmen.” Something sounds wrong with that argument which would be apparent if they had looked at the pictures.

2 Comments

  1. 1
    Gail says:

    When I saw where she was booted out on another Web site, I thought “I feel bad for her, but if she was coming up for a tour of Iraq, this may have just saved her life!”

  2. 2
    Ron Chusid says:

    It is a matter of perspective. From her point of view it was bad to be booted out, but many in her position might see it as a good thing.

    If they ever reimpose the draft will there be girls trying to get Playboy to publish their nude pictures in order to get out? If they can’t make it into Playboy, what about lower circulation magazines, or even web sites?

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