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59th Medical Wing supports women who are nursing
August 24, 2021 — The Women's Health Clinic has a lactation room readily available for women who are nursing at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

Lactation rooms give breastfeeding mothers access to a clean, private area to feed their babies or a location to pump breastmilk during the workday.

Air Force improves lactation support for nursing mothers
September 17, 2020 — The updated policy, which is effective immediately, increases flexibility with lactation breaks and also mandates access to a refrigerator for the purpose of storing human milk... MORE

A nursing mother assigned to U.S. Space Command uses resources located in the private nursing mother’s room in Building 1, Sept. 11, 2020 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. An Air Force guidance memorandum signed on August 15 2020 details responsibilities and procedural steps to better enable commanders to align the needs of nursing mothers with mission requirements by supporting nursing mothers with a private, secure and clean area within unit facilities. (U.S. Space Force photo by 2nd Lt. Idalí Beltré Acevedo)

BAMC aims to improve patient engagement, communication through new initiative
February 26, 2020 — Brooke Army Medical Center is implementing a new nurse initiative to improve communication and interaction with patients... MORE