A Jan. 12 Air Force statement notes that the service relieved a female training instructor of her duties following her revelation that she would appear in next month’s issue of Playboy magazine. Scores of media reports identified the airman as SSgt. Michelle Manhart stationed at the service’s basic training facility at Lackland AFB, Tex. In an interview with the San Antonio Express-News, Manhart, who is married to another airman and is a mother of two, said, “There’s nothing wrong with it.” The Air Force disagrees, stating that her “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.”
Pentagon Releases Cost of Living, BAH Rates for 2026
Dec. 30, 2025
The Pentagon will pay cost of living allowances to 127,000 service members in the continental U.S. in 2026, an increase of 66,000 members in 2025. Airmen and Guardians across the U.S. will also receive an average increase of 4.2 percent for their Basic Housing Allowance, compared to the 5.4 percent…
