LOUISVILLE, KY -- An assortment of female Kentucky National Guard soldiers who posed for patriotic -- but racy -- photographs are breathing a sigh of relief after finding out that they will not face courts-martial.
According to the Courier-Journal of Louisville, Maj. Jay Adams, chief of public affairs for the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) says that the women have not received suspensions and, in fact, have been "busy supporting the war effort" in Iraq.
Instead, the 232 photos of at least a half dozen female members of the 410th Quartermaster Unit, which is based in Danville, will result in non-judicial administrative sanctions for those involved.
A compact disc containing the images came into the possession of the newspaper, which reported in September that the Army was investigating whether the models, who had posed nude and semi-nude with military rifles and clad in nothing more than American flag stickers affixed to their breasts, had discredited the military.
Of the 107 Kentucky Guards in the unit sent to Iraq on August 26th, 11 of them were women. Administrative sanctions include confinement to barracks and docking of pay.
"As far as the leadership of the Kentucky National Guard is concerned," Lt. Col. Phil Miller of the Kentucky Guard stated," this incident is now closed."
