Navy Electrician Technician 3rd Class Tiffany Rankin, right, watches as Senior Chief Logistics Specialist Debra Walker cuts a cake on the mess deck aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) during a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of D-Day while in the Baltic Sea June 6, 2012. The morning of June 6, 1944, Allied forces conducted a massive airborne assault and amphibious landing in the Normandy region of France. The invasion marked the beginning of the final phase of World War II in Europe, which ended with the surrender of Germany the following May. Normandy was partic
Navy Electrician Technician 3rd Class Tiffany Rankin, right, watches as Senior Chief Logistics Specialist Debra Walker cuts a cake on the mess deck aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) during a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of D-Day while in the Baltic Sea June 6, 2012. The morning of June 6, 1944, Allied forces conducted a massive airborne assault and amphibious landing in the Normandy region of France. The invasion marked the beginning of the final phase of World War II in Europe, which ended with the surrender of Germany the following May. Normandy was participating in Baltic Operations 2012, a joint and combined exercise designed to enhance multinational maritime capabilities and interoperability between the and European nations in the Baltic region. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brian T. Glunt) Sailors conduct Baltic Operations 2012 120606-N-RN782-215
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