What an awesome photo to enjoy this chilly weekend.  The image was taken on New Year’s Eve (2011) on the aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, deployed in the Pacific.  This visual post is intended to express our collective solidarity with the Blue Water  Navy Vietnam veterans whose plight Nod has recently called attention to.  The VA’s decision to deny these claims is bolstered by an IOM report (free download) which is actually neutral and inconclusive on the matter.   But your influence counts so do email your elected representatives soon and ask for equal treatment for these veterans!