The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of military mothersrnin the Ministry of Defence regarding breastfeeding. Data were collected from 268 randomlyrnselected sample from seven purposively selected units. The sample consisted of militaryrnmothers who gave birth in the last five years. The mean age of the respondents was 33.9rnyears. All data were collected through structured and pretested questionnaire. Descriptivernstatistics, one-way ANOVA, and binary logistic regression were employed to the quantitativerndata. These statistics were processed by using SPSS-version 20, with 95% level of confidence.rnResults revealed that most military mothers (73.1%) have good overall breastfeedingrnknowledge. They have also a positive overall attitudes towards breastfeeding (M=4.24 /rn5.00). Around 67.8% of the respondents practiced breastfeeding. From those activities ofrnbreastfeeding, practice of exclusive breastfeeding and weaning at appropriate time werernobserved only by 35.1% and 45.3% of the respondents respectively. Respondents whoserneducational levels were diploma and degree indicated better breastfeeding knowledge thanrnrespondents whose educational levels were â‰¤ grade 12(mean difference=-.1596 and -.225).rnThose respondents who had four children also indicated better breastfeeding knowledge thanrnrespondents who had only one child (mean difference=-.187). However, attitudes did notrnshow significant differences (P>.05) regarding the respondentsâ€™ age, rank, educational levelrnand number of children. Military rank had contributions to the respondentsâ€™ overall practicern(ODD=.73) and initiation of breastfeeding (ODD=.715). Educational level of thernrespondents had also contribution to their overall practice (ODD=2.045), initiationrn(ODD=2.638) and for continuation of breastfeeding (ODD=1.958) up to the age of twornyears. Respondents whose nature of duty demanded to work half in office-and-half in fieldrnwere 3.6 times more likely to practice exclusive breastfeeding than those respondents whornworked mostly in field. The main reasons of the respondents for stopping breastfeeding werernwork related problems (46%) followed by age of child (22.4%) and insufficient breast milkrn(16.7%). Generally, the present study indicates that knowledge on breastfeeding hadrnsignificant relations with the respondentsâ€™ attitude and practices.rnKey words: Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, military mother, Breastfeeding, mother