Jealous Military Wives *Long*

Ok, so I had this article in my email this morning and I know that there are a lot of military wives like myself on here and I was wondering what people thought about this. The basic gist of the article is that this Army wife is an ex bikini model and made a calendar of herself for the troops. The other spouses do not like it and feel that it affects morale. She says they are jealous. I looked at the comments on the article too and I have to say they pissed me off more than the article, it was a lot of guys saying things like "If you don't want her on your base send her to mine heh heh" or "most military wives are fat slobs who are jealous." What do you spouses think?
Here isthe link to the full article andthe article itself.
http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,169870,00.html

Military spouse surprised by threats and vandalism over calendar

KATTERBACH, Germany-- An Army spouse says her attempt to boost troops' morale with a sexy, military-themed calendar has made her a target of threats, abuse and vandalism that she blames on jealous wives.
Alessandra Bosco, who's married to Sgt. 1st Class Edward McCoy of the Katterbach-based 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, is selling a 2009 calendar that includes 12 photographs of her wearing a mixture of lingerie and military items.
The 32-year-old Italian has been a bikini model for 10 years and says she never had a problem with Army spouses before she came to Katterbach last year. But since then she has been the target of gossip, hurtful looks and negative comments from wives waiting at home while their husbands serve with the aviation unit in Iraq, she said.
"As soon as they found out that I liked to take pictures it was a problem. It's a lot worse since the calendar," she said.
The other wives, some married to high-ranking soldiers based in Katterbach, want her removed from the community, Bosco said.
"I’m a symbol that makes them feel self-conscious if they are overweight or don’t have a job that brings them in the spotlight," she said.
After a story about the calendar appeared in Stars and Stripes last month, Bosco said she found threats posted on her Web page- www.alessandrabosco.com- and that she was awakened in the night by women banging on her front door and yelling abuse. Her husband's car, a distinctive blue Chevrolet that sports an Italian flag, has been vandalized several times with side mirrors snapped off, keys dragged across the doors and the windshield smashed, she said.
These reactions are in stark contrast to those of soldiers who have deluged her Web site with supportive messages. A typical message from a 12th CAB soldier deployed to Iraq reads: "If only the wives knew how many of their husbands in 12th CAB have already bought your calendar they would explode with anger. The guys in my unit cannot wait to get their hands on your calendar (remember I asked for an autographed calendar). Can you please be at our welcome home ceremony?"
Katterbach, where the somewhat-austere U.S. facilities are sandwiched into a cramped mess of rusty old German buildings, does not, at first sight, appear to be the natural environment for the glamorous lifestyle that Bosco aspires to. During an interview last week at the post exchange, she stood out from the shoppers in T-shirts and jeans in her tight black blouse.
Her husband, who stands well over 6 feet with a physique that suggests long hours in the gym, also cuts a memorable figure.
The veteran of deployments to Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa, who works as the 12th CAB operations sergeant major, said Army leaders have told him his wife is a disgrace.
"I’ve never been in this situation but I’ve been told my career is on the line," he said. "I’m probably going to be relocated because my wife is a disruption to the community and it is affecting wives’ morale and they can’t have that in [the 12th CAB] rear detachment at this point."
McCoy said leaders at Katterbach launched an investigation into Bosco’s behavior, something he characterizes as a witch hunt designed to dig up dirt on his wife.
The couple has also been barred from appearing in the local command publication, The Bavarian News.
In an e-mail to McCoy, U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach commander Lt. Col. Tammy McKenna wrote: "Bottom-line: USAG Ansbach will not be submitting any stories on you or your wife to the Bavarian News or any other media. You can include this comment in your next interview."
A USAG Ansbach spokesman said Bosco cannot appear in the Bavarian News, although she was interviewed by a garrison reporter earlier this year, is because command publications cannot do stories on for-profit ventures by Army spouses.
The irony of a bikini calendar generating so much controversy when thousands of adult magazines are sold by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service has not escaped McCoy.
"Downrange it is pornography with a capital P," he said. "There is hard-core pornography everywhere and nobody cares. Every soldier could back me up, but they don’t want their wives to know that and the Army doesn’t want the public to know that."
The problem is that Bosco is living in the community, he said.
"One wife said: ‘If my husband is in love with Angelina Jolie I don’t care, but if he is in love with Alessandra Bosco then I have a problem because she is in my community,’ " he said.

Wow, I'm not a military wife, but that was pretty crazy. Wouldn't her husband of all people be the most upset? My rational mind says I wouldn't be upset about it, I probably wouldn't want my husband having a calendar though...I know damn well he's never used a calendar before! lol

I think this is ridiculous to be quite honest.
She is a MARRIED woman and if these other military spouses have a problem, then don't lok at or buy the calendar.
If she works hard for the body she has, and you know what kind of hard work and dedication it requires, I know that for sure, then she should be able to continue what she'd already been doing w/ her modeling. I see no problem with it.
Maybe this should be an eye opener to those spouses who have let themselves go by way of not exercising and unhealthy eating habits.
One of my g/f's here is a bodybuilder and DAMN, that girl is hot! I will be teh first to admit it. She has a competition this weekend and I just cut her hair earlier so it'll look great in Mildenhall (UK).

I say KUDOS to her and I hope she makes a DAMN good amount of money in her venture to help in boosting that morale.
do you know where I could purchase a calendar for mah Hubby?

your due on my bday thats cool

And another thing let her freaken be if there is a HOT ARMY wife there just jealous bc they cant get off there lazy fatasses *goting to some chicks at offut that i would like to shove my foot up there asses* None on here though

Quoting Kai aka Deuce's Mommy:“ Ok, so I had this article in my email this morning and I know that there are a lot of military wives ... [snip!] ... I don’t care, but if he is in love with Alessandra Bosco then I have a problem because she is in my community,’ " he said.”

ALSO, how is it pornography is she is CLOTHED. Nothing is showing. Therefore it is LEGAL!!!!!!
That Commander is full of shit and needs to take a look at the 'rules' again.

I think it all boils down to how much you trust your husband. It shouldn't matter if it's Angelina Jolie, or if the chick lives next door if you trust your husband. I, personally, wouldn't care if this chick lived around Ft. Hood. If you are so worried about your husband having it, tell him NOT to buy it. I personally wouldn't care if mine had 20 of them.

If you are that worried about what your husband is looking at, go to the gym and give him something to look at,I guess.

I have to say that I am all for this girl doing whatever the heck she wants as long as it's cool with her and her hubby. What I didn't like was the automatic "all military wives are fat jealous slobs" reaction of posters on the article. I think a lot of us get a bad name based on a stereotype. Shoot, I was more of a fat lazy slob BEFORE I was a military wife   hahahahaha!

Quoting -[O l l l l l l l O]-:“ I think this is ridiculous to be quite honest. She is a MARRIED woman and if these other military spouses ... [snip!] ... amount of money in her venture to help in boosting that morale. do you know where I could purchase a calendar for mah Hubby?”

Is this anywhere near you? Please forgive my total lack of knowledge on geography, it is embarassing   Btw, how about you get stationed at a base near me so that you can do my hair ummmmkay?

Quoting Kai aka Deuce's Mommy:“ I have to say that I am all for this girl doing whatever the heck she wants as long as it's cool with ... [snip!] ... of us get a bad name based on a stereotype. Shoot, I was more of a fat lazy slob BEFORE I was a military wife   hahahahaha!”

I totally agree. Sure, there are some fat, lazy military wives...but there are also some freaking hot ones.

Maybe I just need to make a calander of my own for my husband with a big ol' pregnant belly. lol

Quoting Kai aka Deuce's Mommy:“ Is this anywhere near you? Please forgive my total lack of knowledge on geography, it is embarassing   Btw, how about you get stationed at a base near me so that you can do my hair ummmmkay?”

sounds like goodness to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh.
Wait, how's bout you and your Hub-a-Lub come out theesaway and yeah, we go traversing the Land that is Europe and enjoy every Euro speant doing so?

That would be fan-testicle!

Well if they're in Italy, it cannot be more than 12 hours away by drive, unless you run into major traffic or sumfin.
I don't really know ARMY bases though....



I really think that as far as military spouses are concerned overseas, if they were to have a drop off area to aid in watching children so you could workout for an hour or whatever would benefit everyone all the way around. I don't mean FREE childcare-pay like $2 /hr, but still, it'd be more of a way to get us up and out to where we can build more self confidence which would be a great way of "boosting morale". New campaign slogan- "Boosting Morale starts in the Bedroom: Let's Make Sexy Time"

Im not a military wife, but I thought I would put my 2 cents in anyway.

I dont get the big deal. If they dont feel comfortable with their husbands having it, then they should tell their husbands, not chastize this lady.

I serisouly doubt pictures of an attractive woman are going to lower morale lol

Im with the PP who said that they wouldnt mind if their husband had 20 of these calanders. Whatever. I trust him completely! If I ddint trust him with a calendar, I think we would have bigger issues in our marriage than the calendar itself.

Quoting -[O l l l l l l l O]-:“ Well if they're in Italy, it cannot be more than 12 hours away by drive, unless you run into major traffic ... [snip!] ... would be a great way of "boosting morale". New campaign slogan- "Boosting Morale starts in the Bedroom: Let's Make Sexy Time"”

Hahahaha, I love it!We should spearhead the campaign, we can call it: Raising our Troops Morale by Shrinking Their Wives Asses!!! 

Quoting Kai aka Deuce's Mommy:“ Hahahaha, I love it!We should spearhead the campaign, we can call it: Raising our Troops Morale by Shrinking Their Wives Asses!!! ”

We should come up w/ some crazy/funny acronym like 'STFU' and go from there....

It would seriously be so much fun.

I want to try and see if I can start a March of Dimes walk here at our bases. Maybe if I can get that up and going, then I can have a lil leverage as far as the Shrinking the Asses in Masses campaign. over here  

I do think some of the pics look a little unclassy. However that being said, I do think she is a very pretty girl, but I think there are better waysof boost morale.


What really really pissed me off was the comments:

"Most Military wives with an exception of a few are obese"
WTF kind of comment is that?

"That's bull crap. Last time I checked the military spouse dont wear their husbands uniform what they have to say, moan, or complain about shouldn't matter."
I wish I could meet this nice feller....

These are just a few. It wont let me copy and paste, their was one more that I wanted to add. O-well