Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, is cutting edge when it comes to breastfeeding and the military moms who do it. A brand new nursing room has been set up on the base so that nursing moms and their babies have a place of quiet and dignity.
Tara Ruby was so inspired by the new nursery at Fort Bliss, that she decided to use her photographic talents to help decorate the walls. She remembers a time when she had to find an empty office to pump milk for her baby and therefore the new room was an inspiration.
Fort Bliss Public Affairs and Garrison Command approved the shoot, an Army spokesman said. Through the Fort Bliss support group for mothers (full name, Pregnancy and Postpartum Physical Training Program; P3T for short) Ruby sought active duty soldiers to model in the photos. She thought she might get two or three volunteers; 10 women showed up for Thursday’s shoot with their children, proudly wearing their boots and camo.
She posted the photo of 10 camo’ed mothers nursing their babies on her Facebook wall and discovered that it had been taken down. Reposting the photo she wrote:
I posted this on here last night at 11:59pm. It has since disappeared from my feed and my wall. So we are posting this here again.
Today I believe we made history. To my knowledge a group photo to show support of active duty military mommies nursing their little’s has never been done. It is so nice to see support for this here at Fort Bliss.
Other critics suggested that some code of conduct had been broken, but the Uniform Code of Military Justice does not prohibit breastfeeding in a uniform.
Source: Chick’s On The Right
Military version of common core. Feed them at home.
You go on with your bad selves
There is a time and place for a mother to breast feed. This wasn’t one. Come on, women in military uniforms whopping out their$#%&!@* Now that’s classy!