Does equal access to a military role imply equal obligation? I recall an Air Force lieutenant whose breastfeeding needs conflicted with a thirty-six-hour alert duty, and consider compassion, mission requirements, and the burden carried by fellow officers. The history of women’s military service and W. D. Ross’s competing duties frame a question every commander must face: what rule could we defend for everyone?
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