Air Force Staff Sergeant Poses For Playboy - Relieved Of Duties

[matcom]

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SAN ANTONIO — "Drop and give me 20!" is something you might hear Air Force Staff Sgt. Michelle Manhart yell to airmen trainees at Lackland Air Force Base.

Drop her trousers is what Manhart did for Playboy magazine, and now it's landed her in trouble with the military.

"Of what I did, nothing is wrong so I didn't anticipate anything of course," Manhart said Thursday of the pictorial. "I didn't do anything wrong so I didn't think it would be a major issue."

In a six-page spread in February's issue, hitting newsstands this week, 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.

Manhart, 30, who is married with two children, has been relieved of her duties pending an investigation, according to Lackland AFB spokesman Oscar Balladares.

"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. It is not representative of the many thousands of outstanding airmen who serve in the U.S. Air Force today," Balladares said, reading a statement.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4465622.html

[Richardo]

1. Hatchi matchi

[Deja Q]

11. Quite

[AllegroRondo]

2. US Army E-4 posed in June 92.

and wasnt fired for it. She was in my unit.

Of course, she cleared it with the Army higher ups first, and had already ETSed when the issue was in print.

[Richardo]

4. ETS?

Little help for the civilians? :shrug:

[AllegroRondo]

5. ETS = End of Term of Service

her contract was over, and she left with an honorable discharge.

Sorry, after a couple years your brain just melts, and you take for granted that everyone knows all the acronyms.

[Richardo]

6. Thanks

...for the answer and your service :patriot:

[AllegroRondo]

7. but if you can get a copy of that issue...

I appear in one of the photos. My mom bought 5 copies.

I happened to be standing behind her when they were taking "action shots" of her at work.

[billyskank]

3. Oh la la

[EvolveOrConvolve]

8. What the fuck is wrong with old Oscar's eyes

Michelle Manhart is definitely not an air"man".

[underpants]

9. She has a myspace page (with pics)

[Deja Q]

14. We need a link to that!

[AirmensMom]

10. Holy shit!

I've been wondering how I could get my daughter out of the A/F before she gets sent to Iraq. This could be the ticket! I wonder if her husband would mind.

[Little Wing]

15. Dead or airbrushed

sounds like an easy choice to me

[petronius]

12. I'm surprised they didn't just transfer her to a recruiting office...

[Deja Q]

13. She can enlist me anytime!

:woohoo:

[idgiehkt]

16. "This staff sergeant's alleged action does not meet the high standards we expect of our airmen"

wonder if the ones who 'read' Playboy get kicked out as well? A friend of mine posed for Playboy years ago (the 'Girls of the ACC' issue) and her husband was in the military although I don't know what branch, and he was really proud, and bragged about it to all his buddies. So I guess they do read one every once in a while.


"relieved of her duties pending investigation".

:rofl:

[rug]

17. Good way to stay out of Iraq.

[lies and propaganda]

18. but the Captain who used to come harass me in my dorm

was found by a jury of his peers to be not guilty of the 4 of 5 of my claims that were substantiated by a jury of my peers.

grrrrrrrr