Military Moms Breastfeeding in Uniform Stir Controversy

[sarge43]

268. First of all, they are not soldiers; they're airmen.

Second, that picture is posed. In reality they nurse their babies in private

Third, at minimum they are in uniform at minimum 40 hours at week, more than not a lot longer. Do they change into civies every time kids need a full tank, then back into uniform or should kids go hungry?

Fourth, are you suggesting that using the latrine or a med exam or heavy fatigue duty when even Them What Be In Charge couldn't pass a class A inspection is out of uniform?

Fifth, interesting that you would equate flashing junk in a soft porn rag with nursing a baby.

Finally, there was a time in living memory when service women were summarily discharged for pregnancy, no exceptions. Fun fact, single (death, divorce, desertion) fathers were not. They were given all kinds of official and unofficial slack. Today 20% of the AD force is female as opposed to the bad old days when only 2% was. DoD can't afford to screw with that resource pool. If a rigid, hierarchical authoritarian institution can learn to cope, the rest of us should be able to do so.