Posing Nude a No-No According to the Air Force

What's wrong with showing a little skin or even having the guts to pose nude in Playboy? Well according to the United States Air Force if you are still on active duty it's a definite no-no. 30 year old Michelle Manhart is, or rather was, a staff sergeant in the United States Air Force. Manhart is a wife and mother of 2 children. She enlisted into the Air Force in 1994, then spent some time in Kuwait in 2002, and up until recently was in charge of training other airmen at Lackland Air Force Base.

According to a statement from Oscar Balladares, spokesman from Lackland, "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." Manhart saw the situation completely different than the Air Force. She stated she was only trying to stand up for her own rights. She told the Associated Press "Of what I did, nothing is wrong, so I didn't anticipate anything. So I didn't think it would be a major issue."

So what exactly did Manhart do with Playboy that ended up getting her relieved of her duties as a Staff Sergeant in the US Air Force? She posed nude for the February issue of Playboy, which comes out this week, which is selected as the "special love issue". They photographed her in various poses, most of them naked and one specifically in uniform. The picture that was taken of her in uniform showed Manhart holding weapons and yelling with the caption "Tough Love". The various other pages of the spread showed her wearing her dog tags and working out, completely nude, as well as partially nude.