On a side note, it is difficult to judge whether this should be done in public.  You really cannot have Jr. Soldiers and Airmen seeing their CO's breasts, no matter how innocent breast feeding is.

First, who exactly is upset by this? 

Second, the whole thing seems to me to be staged to shock you.  Like "hey, look at me I am being outrageous and scandalous by nursing my baby in uniform"  "Remember look at me!"  Does anyone really care or are they a bit annoyed at being told they should care?

I don't think your average mother needs to change her clothes in order to breast feed her baby.  I don't think the first thing a nursing mother should do when she gets off duty is immediately change her clothes so she might nurse.  As far as I am concerned, the uniform should not be deliberately abused and you should not pose for porn while wearing it but just sort of live a normal life.    Heck, I don't care if you even have sex while wearing the uniform (or part of the uniform as logistics demand).    However, please don't take pictures of yourself having sex while wearing the US military uniform and send those pictures to national media.  That would be what we call tacky.  Further, I fail to see the class or wisdom in sending pictures of yourself nursing your baby to the national media either.  As if the rest of the country really cares about your boobs or your nursing.  I have the feeling these women are sort of desparate for attention so they are trying to do something/anything that might get attention and they are creating faux drama because it involves thier breasts.  boring 

Jun 15, 2012 -- 3:04PM, Nepenthe wrote:

UPDATE:

The Washington state woman who orchestrated controversial photos of military moms breast-feeding their kids in uniform was fired from her civilian job as an X-ray technician and the women in the picture have been reprimanded, she said.

I support their cause, but I really hadn't thought about the fact that they would be prohibited from wearing their uniforms in an effort to support a cause...

According to reports, the military moms in the photographs have been reprimanded by the military for violating a rule stating that military uniforms cannot be used to promote a product or cause.

I guess that makes sense.

Jun 15, 2012 -- 3:21PM, Mlyons619 wrote:

That not only MAKES SENSE, but that's also a STANDING REGULATION.

The X-ray tech and the two ANG ladies should've known that.

 

I'm not really sure why the x-ray tech should have been fired, though.  I mean, she was a civilian, and she didn't break any laws herself.  I don't question her private employers legal right to fire her, but I do question the fairness of it.  She's simply trying to promote awareness and acceptance of breastfeeding.  I certainly don't see it as grounds for termination.