What is too Far in the Military?

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15 Jan 2007 06:17 PM

This entry was going to start off on new developments of those deployed, but after reading an article I can't help but feel compelled to write about it. I know many won't agree with my thoughts but we all have our own opinion right? I'm sure I'm not the only one that feels this way.

How many of you have watched a movie with your spouse or even a television show that portrayed a service member? I'm sure at least once if not many more times. What about the flaws you were sure to have seen or just the fact they had a certain type of uniform on when they shouldn't have? I've seen a few, when my husband sees this he gets a bit irritated stating it is disrespectful. How do you feel?

Currently there is a Staff Sergeant in the Air Force getting in trouble for posing for...Playboy! Playboy of all places. Can you picture it? Okay, I can't, not when I know what the uniform represents. I know many got upset with Sarah Smiley once had a picture of herself wearing a cover and that was just a cover not her in Playboy. Apparently the issue will hit any day if it already hasn't, it was for the February issue and has her posing with guns. Eeeekk, I can only imagine the heat she got over this one. The article states she has been relieved of her duties until a full investigation. I say, she probably knew the outcome but couldn't resist being in those pages.

Would you do it? Whether you are in the military yourself or not? If you aren't an active duty would you wear your spouse's uniform to pose for this? Granted, she really wasn't in a full uniform. Keep in mind this isn't all about her posing naked and representing the military but she also trains with many of the men that will probably read this article in Playboy. While I'm all for a person expressing their individuality, I do believe there is a limit. If you are in a position where people look up to you think about how that will look to them.

A few old Military Links.

John Kerry's Joke, No Laughing Matter

Flag Burning Does Having the Right Make it Right

Flag Burning What about the Mexican Flag

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Eliza Ferree is a military wife and mother to three children and currently pregnant with #4. Growing up as a "Military Brat" and marrying into the Marine Corps she's known no other life.

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Julie Gentry (5915) 15 Jan 2007 11:52 PM

I appreciate when a show's producers take the time to make it right. It's pure laziness not to.

As far as the Playboy shoot, I'm sure it's against UCMJ on many levels. They're not even allowed to HAVE that magazine (at least not on ships or squadrons). I'm sure there's a special place in Hell reserved for the likes of Hefner, Guccione, and Silberstein.

Libby Pelham (12880) 17 Jan 2007 12:07 PM

I think it is a bit tacky (the Air Force girl posing for Playboy), but then that is just my opinion. I think the military is something to be respected and to do that diminishes that respect in many people's eyes. I thought my hubby (a Marine) said she was a reservist, but I am sure no matter what she is, she won't be for long.

I can't really find fault with Hugh Hefner - if people weren't willing to do it or buy the magazine, he'd be a bum on the street. I'd like to think that I value my morals and body too much to do something like that, but again, that is just me.