Service salutes servicemen: Military wives send sexy pictures to their husbands in Iraq, Afghanistan

These military wives know how to get your atten-SHUN!
Armed with strategic props and little else, they tip their service caps, seductively salute and nibble dog tags in peek-a-boo poses too racy to hang on barracks wall.
Their boudoir-style photos - taken by a military wife in her Camp Pendleton garage - are their way of sending love and holiday cheer to spouses and boyfriends serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and other bases far from home.
"This is something very passionate, very intimate for these guys who don't get to see their wives for seven months or a year," photographer Michele Parsley told the Daily News.


"Maybe they're out there in dirt hole with nothing to do, and this is something special just for them."
Parsley started her "Boudoir for You" studio about three months ago after clients of her family portrait business started asking for something sexier.
"At first I said no because I wasn't comfortable with the idea, but eventually I had 15 women saying they really, really wanted these photos," she said.
Parsley proudly gives her fellow military wives a discount, charging $80 for a one-hour session and $120 for a Black Book album with two dozen 5x7 portraits. She even provides babysitting for an extra $5.
"Technically they can't have porn overseas, so this is something just for them of their wives or girlfriends," said Stacey Hirt, 20, a client whose Marine husband returned from Iraq in January.
"This is something that can help them push their way through a hard deployment, when they're out there in the harsh heat or really cold cold," she said.
"When they can't talk to us, it's a way to be with us, to remind them of the love they have waiting for them back home."
Parsley's studio has become so popular, she hired two extra photographers and is gearing up for a busy holiday season. She added new "naughty Santa" and "sexy elf" costumes to the rental wardrobe.
Her success even caught the eye of Marine Corps officials who took issue with her use of Camp Pendleton's name in her ads, according to the North County Times newspaper.
"The fact that she was advertising doing the work 'Aboard Camp Pendleton' was the concern because that implies that the base commanding officer endorses her business," Maj. Jay Delarosa, a spokesman for the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, told the paper.
"I complied with the request to remove 'Aboard Camp Pendleton,' so the issue is resolved," Parsley said Wednesday.
"This is something everyone enjoys. The guys love it, and the women come in as normal everyday housewives and walk out looking like glamorized superstars."