Monday, May 11, 2015

Commander failed to provide sufficient breastfeeding locations

Could be a new inspection item, along with weapons and vehicle maintenance and properly maintained personnel and finance records

“A new proposal from lawmakers would require the Army to ‘develop a comprehensive policy regarding breastfeeding.’

“The measure, placed as an amendment to a the House draft of the annual defense spending bill, looks to ensure that breastfeeding female soldiers have access to private and clean areas with electrical outlets for breast pumping along with work breaks to do so.”

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/05/05/house-proposes-army-breastfeeding-rules-in-spending-bill.html

Since proper and presumably private locations for breastfeeding are required, might one assume soldiers are bringing infants to duty locations? Who does that and where? Motor pool, ammunition supply point, POL refuel point, flight line?

When women complete combat arms AIT – weapons and tank ranges, artillery firing points, on board tanks and infantry vehicles …

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