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June 15, 2012
USS NORMANDY, Baltic Sea – Sailors man the rails on the fantail of the guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60), June 15, as they pull into Kiel, Germany after concluding the Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2012 exercise. Normandy, a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser homeported in Norfolk, Va., concluded its participation in the 40th iteration of BALTOPS, a multinational exercise intended to improve interoperability with partner nations by conducting realistic training both on land and at sea.