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Biography |
Senior Airman Michelle Manhart (born 1976) is a former
United States Air Force Military Training Instructor based
at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, holding
the rank of Staff Sergeant. In January 2007 she was relieved
of duty and placed under investigation for posing nude in
Playboy magazine. She has since been demoted to senior
airman, a move which caused her to resign from the Air
Force.
Manhart, a California native, joined the Air Force in 1994,
and is married with two children. When her husband was
assigned to Waterloo, Iowa as an Air Force recruiter, she
transferred to the Iowa Air National Guard. After the
September 11, 2001 attacks she was recalled to active duty,
and spent time deployed to Kuwait in 2002.
She was photographed for Playboy's February 2007 issue in
uniform, partially clothed and completely nude. According to
the Air Force, such actions do not meet standards of
integrity.
According to Playboy spokeswoman Theresa Hennessey, two
other active-duty servicewomen (both from the United States
Navy) appeared in Playboy, Lieutenant Frederica Spilman in
the June 1998 issue and IT2 Sherry Lynne White in the
September 2000 issue. White was discharged a few months
prior to the end of her enlistment, Spilman was honorably
discharged. Seven women were featured in a "Women of the
Armed Forces" pictorial in the April 1980 issue. |
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