Thursday, February 15, 2007

Drill Sergeant Who Posed Naked for Playboy Removed From Active Military Duty



SAN ANTONIO — "An Air Force drill sergeant 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."

Don't bother clicking the Fox News link to find any pictures, because as usual, we've spared no expense in finding them for you right here. Despicable that she'd doff her uniform that way. Absolutely despicable.

As a former drill sergeant myself, I can only hope and pray that this doesn't happen again. Not for at least, oh, say, another week or so.