U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Ann Phillips, right, the commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 2, and Capt. Kevin Hill, the commanding officer of the guided missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) cut a cake on the mess deck of the Normandy 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 U.S. and European nations in the Baltic region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brian T. Glunt)