The photo on the left is sparking a firestorm. It’s part of a breastfeeding campaign by Mom2Mom of Fairchild Air Force Base, a support group founded by military spouse and mom Crystal Scott.

All of the photos (which you can see here) are stunning, but this one is drawing attention because the moms are nursing in uniform. The moms had gotten permission from their superiors to be photographed in uniform, but now the Washington Air National Guard is saying that the women were wrong. (The military has no rules against breastfeeding in uniform, but “the real issue is that servicemembers are not allowed to use the uniform to further a civilian cause.”)

Apparently breastfeeding is a “civilian cause.” Does that mean that being a mom is a civilian job?

Contrast these gorgeous images of mothers breastfeeding content, happy babies with this one on the cover of TIME magazine (which has now gone viral and is the subject of all sorts of political parodies, usually featuring Mitt Romney feeding at the breast of Bain Capitol or Donald Trump or some other disgusting image).