Military Moms Photographed Breastfeeding in Uniform: Inappropriate or Harmless?

They could last for quite a while if their job provided childcare on the premises.

The US Military provides day care on premises and you are allowed to go their and breastfeed or leave your breast milk and someone else will do it for you. But you cannot go to the worksite and breast feed openly.

if you "choose" to be a "professional" and a "Mother" than while you are engaged in your "professional" life you need to take that into account while being a "mother" a nursing cover would satisfy "professional appearance" while not interfering with "decent mothering." These women are wearing the Uniform of the United States Air Force and while they are wearing the uniform they must conduct themselves in a Military manor as described in their Uniform regulations.

Mothering is more important than a military we don't need.

then mothers should be kicked out? and your ignorant if you think we don't need a military.

And whats this" we"? UK might not need a military but I would hate to live there without one. Maybe you can convert to a extremist religion and give up all the freedoms and rights you value the ask someone if they care about your ignorant opinions.

Everything you just said is wrong.

Just because you disagree with me doesn't make me wrong. Your giving opinions on the United States Military and your not even an American. Yet the Marine is wrong and the UK civilians uneducated opinions are right. That sounds as backwards as you clearly are.

I was referring to your extremist religion comment

You say that because the military keeps you safe without your knowledge. Maybe we should just protect everyone in the United States but you and after you've become a victim of terror then you will think twice about making that statement.

I won't think twice. Do you honestly think terrorism is such a massive threat?

Yes, I do. You have never been a victim of a terrorist act therefore you do not care. Just as people don't care about terminal illness until it effects them personally.

Terrorism only works if people like you fear it. How often do terror attacks happen in America?

that is such a wrong statement, if I'm hearing u right your saying" get rid of the military to see if we will be taken over" Is that the idea I have spent my life to give you the freedom to voice?

That isn't what I mean at all. I'm not saying we need to get rid of them, i'm saying we need to bother using them properly. Not using them to fight wars on terror that they won't win, nor sending them in to countries we have no business to do so.

with that logic then we should just kill ever person that has a contagious fatal virus. Like AIDS.

How is that using the same logic?

yes and if u don,t u need to reflect, history and american lives lost prove it

I couldn't make sense out of this :S it's clearly a simple typo but I can't seem to figure out what you're saying.... sorry

that's not a typo, its you not being smart enough to piece together the thoughts place behind his words.

clearly is a typo there.... You're so clever :)

I guess you don't need the military because you too much of a pussy to fight for yourself and you have to let others fight for you. Stand up and be a man and stop acting like a pussy.

Why are you such an angry person?

First and most vitally. These people are not fighting for me. I do not support them, nor do they reflect my beliefs. I don't just follow blindly like some Orwellian nightmare. I do not agree with killing innocent people in the name of enforcing our culture and belief system on other people. If there is a war that is unavoidable then I stand by my country, but if it's the bully tactics our countries use in modern times I want not to be associated with it. Following blindly will get you nowhere.

I don't make the rules, I just make sure all the Soldiers abide by them. The problem is people commenting on something that they obviously have no clue about. The Armed Forces have different rules from civilians. If you would like to become educated in the subject, then it's called Uniform Code of Military Justice. There are 134 Articles explaining the conduct of every Soldier. This has been aground before you was a twinkle in your parents eyes.

Old or not... it's wrong.

You are right, It's wrong to breastfeed in Uniform.

You misunderstand :)

You have no clue about life. Contact me again in 15 years when you moved out of your parents house and experienced life.

Because I disagree with you about breastfeeding, I have no idea about life?

Makes sense.

no , because you don't understand the military your wrong.

*you're

look. You're wrong too :)

a man by the name of Socraties once said "if we place too much emphasis on the little details, we will never be able to view the big picture."

Clever man.


"I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current context."

also Uniform Regulations and there is a department you must go through for any public activity to be approved of by your command, this was not approved.

Some rules and regulations need to be changed or abolished. "The don't ask, don't tell" policy is a prime example of that. Hopefully, one day, any rules prohibiting women in uniform from feeding their own children, in the way God or nature intended, will be abolished as well. By the same token, hopefully one day women in the military will actually be respected. Do you know how high the rate of rapes in the military is and do you know how badly women who are raped are treated? If not, you need to do some research. The military is misogynistic and this nonsense about women in uniform not breastfeeding is just another sick example of that. Smh

Of course I know, Because I have women subordinates and I counsel them and give them a safety briefing every friday. Everyone is treated the same. These women made the decision to stay in the military after giving birth. All women have an options to get out. They decided to stay in and no one made them. Women in the military are respected, that's why Combat Arms jobs have opened up to them, which means that they can serve in infantry units. How will these women be taken serious if they always have a baby strapped to their breast. These military rules and regulations have kept our military in tact for hundreds of years and gave all Americans the right to be free. The don't ask don't tell policy doesn't stop gays from acting professional at all times. When you put on the uniform you must act accordangly. Why do you think these women haven't made any statements? It's because they can't. Their freedom of speech is limited. You cannot do what ever you want when you are in the Armed Forces.

If the female soldiers breastfed and there were no cameras present,would you have been okay with it?

Actually yes and it's weird they feel the need to pose for the cameras while breastfeeding.

They are starved for attention and if they want to start a family, they are welcomed to do so as civilians.

exactly!

I think many are clueless to the regimentation that the military personnel are confined to. They know it going in but find they don't necessarily like it afterwards. Many in the past signed up to get a paycheck and compensation then the bullets started flying and "dear me I want to go home".

While wearing a military uniform you are under orders to conduct yourself and manner prescribed by uniform regulation. While the act of breast feeding in harmless and innocent the fact that they in uniform demands that the mothers use discretion and should have used a nursing cover.