article_snippet: (CNN)It's a striking image: a new baby cradled in the flag, held by a Navy sailor whose face we can't see.
article_snippet: Navy veteran Vanessa Hicks, a Virginia Beach photographer whose website is filled with sweet images of babies and Navy veteran Vanessa Hicks, a Virginia Beach photographer whose website is filled with sweet images of babies and their parents parents, shot the picture of the sailor and his baby and posted the sailor and his baby to his baby Facebook page.
article_snippet: I do believe that this picture right here shows what it means to be an American," Hicks told CNN affiliate WTKR."That flag, the uniform, that baby -- exactly what every service member is out there fighting.
article_snippet: Not everyone agreed with Hicks, herself a Navy wife whose husband is deployed.
article_snippet: Wrote one poster, "I am a veteran and find the picture beautiful.
article_snippet: Clearly the military member loves the military member country and baby."
highlights_snippet: A picture of a newborn cradled in the flag raises questions .
  
highlights_snippet: A Navy veteran whose husband is deployed took A picture of a newborn cradled in the flag .