"The carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and four other vessels will be stationed off the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra island where the death toll from Sunday's earthquake and tsunami has risen past 45,000.

Conway said a U.S. assessment team was expected in Aceh on Thursday. He said the Lincoln carrier strike group had been in Hong Kong when the tsunami struck and was diverted to the Gulf of Thailand and was now making its way to the Malacca Strait.
" (Reuters)

With the US Carrier comes plenty of helicopters which are badly needed to reach remote areas in Aceh (along with floating hospital, heavy equipments and surveying capabilities). The bottleneck right now lies in the distribution of aids and relief workers.

"An Australian navy ship carrying three Iroquois helicopters and engineers will depart Sydney on Friday, heading for Indonesia via Darwin" (The Jakarta Post)

Aceh needs three things right now: transport, transport, transport.

"The supply effort in Indonesia moved slowly at times. An estimated 250 tons of supplies were grounded by inefficiency and lack of transportation. Indonesian officials awaited the arrival of seven transport planes from Australia and two from Malaysia and Singapore. " (WashingtonPost)

Make a small gesture.