Drill sergeant who posed nude discharged
SAN ANTONIO – An Air Force drill sergeant and former Iowa National Guard member who posed nude for Playboy magazine has been removed from active duty, she said Wednesday. Whether that amounts to an honorable discharge, as Michelle Manhart also says, is unclear.
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 in rank 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 being removed from duty meant that she 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.
Manhart offered The AP a copy of a signed “request and authorization for separation” form that indicates her “character of service” was “honorable.” It is not clear whether the form is an official discharge order.
Oscar Balladares, a spokesman for Lackland Air Force Base, confirmed that Manhart was removed from extended active duty on Friday, but he said Lackland did not discharge her.
“She was not discharged but 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.”
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As an active duty military member, I think this was the right decision. I have no personal problem with her appearing in Playboy, however, rules were meant to be followed and not broken. She chose to do her own thing, and now she’s out. We can’t have people in the military who are undisciplined.
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The military was NOT STRICT enough on her…women fought hard to get where they are in today’s society, and along comes some “chich” that does not take this seriously and once more sets womens’ rights back about 100 years!!!!
If a woman wants to pose nude..go for it, but lets have some courtesy for the rest of the womanly population that wants to be taken seriously…
Not to mention, this is what this woman wanted, she wanted to be kicked out to start her modeling career..this was her easy out…..
she should be stripped of rank, given a discharge from her commission, and have her name slammed!!!!
I totally agree
“…womanly population that wants to be taken seriously…”
YOU just set women’s rights back 100 years. ANYONE should be able to do ANYTHING they want with their own bodies without having to worry about this kind of persecution! What your saying is that the military/men should be allowed to tell us what we can and cant do with our own bodies. And she may take herself and her job very seriously – she may not be ashamed of modelling for Playboy. She may be PROUD because she has the body to do it, enjoys it, and makes money to provide for her family. Just because its not something you want to do with your body doesn’t make it wrong.
That’s what she gets for being a filthy…must I even say it?
I’m with Angela entirely! Couldn’t have been said better!
Well she will just have to make a choice of what is important to her. Guess she can become a Baptist Preacher. Hard to take someone serious who wants to take their clothes off for puplic viewing. That said I would look at her but not hire her.
I think it’s a real shame that women and young girls today actually have dreams about being a playboy “model” and look up to people such as Lindsay Lohan, Hillary Duff, Britney Spears and hell, I’ll say it, Anna Nicole Smith. What trash!
What is there excuse for doing things like posing nude in magazines anyway? It’s empowering? It’s their choice? Please…it is far from empowering and they’re only making it harder for other women out there that actually want to go somewhere with their lives.
It’s women like this that make themselves and all other women look like objects. SOME OF US HAVE BRAINS THOUGH!
wow i cant believe all the women who are trashing this girl. Its 2012 – i thought we were allowed to choose what to do with our own bodies but everyone is acting like the military/men should have that control. Many women who strip or pose for playboy have brains. Making choices that are different from yours doesn’t make you stupid. ::shakes head:: so sad….
Michelle Manhart is one smart girl, eh? Of course the Air Force is not going to put up with that type of shenanagin. Especially when its so obvious that playboy’s entire “air-brush’ department had to work overtime on those photos.
Now she’s being removed from active duty?
First of all the Michelle Manhart playboy pictures are not what I would call obscene, in fact they look very nice. But everyone knows how anal the U.S. armed forces are. It was not a smart move. Hopefully she received some decent money from the pictures.
Now of course it is too late to do anything about it. The pictures are all over the Internet. Major image and video dump sites like metacafe and dailymotion have, or did have, the pictures. It was reported that the large adult site http://www.freepornvideos69.com (NSFW) has them too.
Now she’s probably going to get a dishonorable discharge and thrown completely out of the service. Like I said before, I hope that money was worth it.
If you are in the military and you think about doing something stupid, you either know it is wrong, or you ask for some input from someone like a military lawyer. When you put yourself on display for the world to see you know what you’re getting into. This is just another example of a gold digger trying to make a buck. She had to know that if she did something that brought discredit on the military that she would get kicked out. She weighed her options and rolled the dice hoping to strike it rich and get out of the military at the same time (in my opinion) She’s lucky not to be in the Brig! And Playboy shares some of the blame too. They have several lawyers who could have checked this out in advance.
My God woman!! What was she thinking? If a woman wants to pose for a nudie mag that’s her progative, but please don’t disgrace the military for your selfish attempts at attention! I’m just completely sickened by her actions! The military is being way to soft on her.
What the Air Force needs is about 10,000 fewer Colonels and about 10,000 more women like this. I did my 4 years with these wimps in the USAF and I would have appreciated just one like her. Support our troops and impeach the Son-of-a-Bush.
As an Active Duty member of the Air Force for 22 years, I condemn this person’s actions. If posing nude was imoportant to her, that’s fine, I could really care less. My issue is when she decided to put on the Air Force uniform for her photo shoot. Our regulations clearly state you CANNOT conduct yourself in such a way. Conduct unbecoming of a service member is not tolerated and this women’s actions are definately conduct unbecoming. The Air Force has great people with the loyalty and integrity she obviously doesn’t have. I am glad she no longer wears the uniform I put on everyday.
I agree with Lisa Hall. Having been stationed at Lackland years ago, I knew many drill instructors. Their job is a tough one. While some volunteer, most are assigned. It is considered a special duty assignment for two years. Part of there job is to teach the new recruits military law (UCMJ). So, not only was Miss Manhart aware of these articles, she taught them as well.
What this young lady did is not as important as her reasons for doing so. She was in a thankless job she did not like. She has assets that she could use to get her out of it as well make a little money on the side. She chose to use them knowing full well what would happen and now its time to cry poor mouth to the press, who are only too happy to oblige!
A person with ethics would have done the following. Finish the assignment, be honoribly discharged and then call Playboy. I would applaud her actions then.
let’s also dismiss ALL the men who read Playboy too!
Hey that’s right! Very good point Tanja!
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what you do in your private life is your business
What action would be taken if a high school teacher did this? Hello. If you’re an actress, model or whatever and want to do something like this its a free country. If you want to look at trash and see stuff like this, who cares. But what this girl did is unacceptable. There are rules and regulations for a reason. If they weren’t in place our country wouldn’t be as safe as it is. None of her men will respect her after this. They did the right thing, probably should discharge her. Military personnel must be held to a high standard. My husband is a senior airman and hes worked hard to get there.
and probably was the first dude to go buy the magazine with her in it!
Seems to me the guys looking and buying the mags should be held to the same
high standard that you’re putting on everybody else.
Posing nude is one thing, flying a plane another.
I know a women that could pose nude while flying a plane. It’s called multitasking.
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hmm and I thought in the middle east that might make for a war time advantage
what a shame
she got what she deserved
I don’t want to appear picky, but I really don’t think this woman deserves the title ‘Lady’ – she decided to act in a very undignified and unladylike manner when she decided to pose nude for playboy – she is simply a woman – the opposite sex of a man. I reserve the title lady for those women who act like ladies and dedicate their lives to their families – in whatever way is needed.
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wow. so whats so wrong with being nude? Just because you personally wouldn’t do something doesn’t make it wrong. Then to say she gets what she deserves? Have all of you judging gotten what you deserve for all the decisions you have made based on what other people feel is right or wrong? Everyone would be dead if that was the case. Let people live their lives the way they want. Right and wrong is based on personal opinions and morals. Everyone doesn’t think or feel the same. Her choice had a consequence. I grew up a military brat and feel the military has too much control over how active duty members live their lives.
When you are in the military you represents it, as well as your country. As other people said, it wouldn’t be too much a deal if she’s a model or actress.
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People who give a crap if she posed nude or not are insane, especially when they turn it into some hard core machismo session about women’s right’s, your military code and other such unconscious hogwash…
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As a former member of the military, active Army, I think this was the right choice. If you have soldiers, you cannot afford to put yourself in a compromising position. There has to be a certain level of respect for all Non-Commisioned Officers at all times in order to ensure you can lead your soldiers effectively. Due to her actions, I actions, I can assure you that her soldiers respect for her will he diminished. Especially that of her male soldiers. Sad but true.
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Agreed!
Crazy.
I agree