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Deberg_1990 · 05-31-2012, 04:15 PM

What guy wouldnt?

http://moms.today.msnbc.msn.com/_new...criticism?lite

Is breast-feeding while in uniform conduct unbecoming to a military mom?

The debate over nursing in public got a new layer recently, when photos taken on an Air Force base began to circulate online. In the series of tasteful professional photos showing beaming moms as they nurse their kids, one jumps out: the photo of two servicewomen with their uniform shirts unbuttoned and hiked up to breast-feed.

"A lot of people are saying it's a disgrace to the uniform. They're comparing it to urinating and defecating [while in uniform]," says Crystal Scott, a military spouse who started Mom2Mom in January as a breast-feeding support group for military moms and "anyone related to the base" at Fairchild AFB outside Spokane, Wash. "It's extremely upsetting. Defecating in public is illegal. Breast-feeding is not."

It was Scott's idea to ask photographer Brynja Sigurdardottir to take photos of real-life breast-feeding moms to create posters for National Breastfeeding Awareness Month in August. One of the moms photographed in uniform, Terran Echegoyen-McCabe, breast-feeds her 10-month-old twin girls on her lunch breaks during drill weekends as a member of the Air National Guard.

"I have breast-fed in our lobby, in my car, in the park ... and I pump, usually in the locker room," she says. "I'm proud to be wearing a uniform while breast-feeding. I'm proud of the photo and I hope it encourages other women to know they can breast-feed whether they're active duty, guard or civilian."

She said she's surprised by the reaction to the photos, which also feature her friend Christina Luna, because it never occurred to her that breast-feeding in uniform would cause such a stir.

"There isn't a policy saying we can or cannot breast-feed in uniform," Echegoyen-McCabe says. "I think it's something that every military mom who is breast-feeding has done. ... I think we do need to be able to breast-feed in uniform and be protected."

The Air Force has no policy specifically addressing breast-feeding in uniform, according to Air Force spokesperson Captain Rose Richeson, who added, "Airmen should be mindful of their dress and appearance and present a professional image at all times while in uniform."

Setsuna · 05-31-2012, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by loochy

I think their babies are ugly.

The mom's tits aint.

vailpass · 05-31-2012, 05:11 PM

Howitzer duty.

**loochy** · 05-31-2012, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Setsuna

The mom's tits aint.

I lol @ thinking about when these ladies scold some crazed Muslim radicals for not stopping their attack to allow breastfeeding.

ShowtimeSBMVP · 05-31-2012, 05:14 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dUilrDslV8

listopencil · 05-31-2012, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by loochy

I lol @ thinking about when these ladies scold some crazed Muslim radicals for not stopping their attack to allow breastfeeding.

Yeah, because I always hear reports about Marines scolding enemies for attacking at meal time.

38yrsfan · 05-31-2012, 05:16 PM

Regulations require proper wearing of the uniform when on duty and when in public. That means buttons buttoned, shirts tucked in, etc. Latitude is given for various work related requirements but not for personal matters or leisure. You even have to get special permission for a shaving waiver if that is a problem for some guys (medical). There is no exception for breast-feeding. Sounds like privacy is the way to go instead of trying to make a mountain out of a mole-hill.

Braincase · 05-31-2012, 05:16 PM

I support breasts, breastfeeding, breast caressing, checking for breast cancer (I volunteer at the University)...

**loochy** · 05-31-2012, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by listopencil

Yeah, because I always hear reports about Marines scolding enemies for attacking at meal time.

Cool. I heard them too.

**cabletech94** · 05-31-2012, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by loochy

I think their babies are ugly.

those motorboatin' sonofbitches!!!!!

**bevischief** · 05-31-2012, 05:55 PM

I am only apposed while in uniform. A lot of places have rooms for this and/or bathrooms. Not in uniform I don't care.

**The Franchise** · 05-31-2012, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by bevischief

I am only apposed while in uniform. A lot of places have rooms for this and/or bathrooms. Not in uniform I don't care.

So they should change first?

listopencil · 05-31-2012, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by loochy

Cool. I heard them too.

We need to do something about that. Pass a law or something.

listopencil · 05-31-2012, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by bevischief

I am only apposed while in uniform. A lot of places have rooms for this and/or bathrooms. Not in uniform I don't care.

Do you find this pic objectionable?

listopencil · 05-31-2012, 06:02 PM

How about this one:

listopencil · 05-31-2012, 06:03 PM

Maybe this one?

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