That would be one conclusion to draw from this Yahoo News article:
Sergeant in trouble for Playboy spread
An Air Force staff sergeant who posed nude for Playboy magazine has been relieved of her duties while the military investigates, officials said Thursday.
In February’s issue, hitting 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 that 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. She trains airmen at Lackland.
Porn, you look at, and you like it or you don’t. Playboy is read for the articles, a lot like weblogs and blog comments, like this one.
Maybe there will be other blog posts over whether or not she should have posed, and whether or not she’s representative of women in the Air Force. At least she’s a grown-up woman who is obviously capable of doing what she wants to do, and capable of defending herself and leading others to do likewise and more.
Alberto Vargas would be proud, were he alive to see Michelle Manhart today.
I’m glad she’s here in the USA and (relatively) safe, and I hope that the troops we have halfway around the world come home safe, and soon.