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USS ESSEX IS DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF RIMPAC 2012.
PARTNERING WITH 22 NATIONS, IN THE WORLD'S LARGEST MARITIME NAVAL EXERCISE.
ONE GOAL IS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
"I LOVE OUR BROTHERS AND I LOVE OUR SISTERS, BUT I ALSO LOVE OUR COALITION FORCE."
ONE WAY TO BUILD FRIENDSHIP IS PLAYING THE COUNTRY'S SPORT.
"JUST PLAYING ON THE DECK ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN, IT'S THE BEST HOCKEY RINK THAT WE'VE PLAYED
ON IN A LONG TIME."
HAWAIIAN HOCKEY NIGHT STARTED WHEN THE CANADIANS WANTED TO CHALLENGE THE U.S.
"WE CAME DOWN ON EXERCISE RIMPAC, WE MADE SURE THAT WE BROUGHT STICKS, NETS, GOALIE
EQUIPMENT, HOCKEY BALLS, SO THAT WE COULD PLAY SOME HOCKEY AGAINST THAT YANKS ON USS
ESSEX."
"I SAID, WHAT A GREAT IDEA, AND HERE WE ARE PLAYING, SO I THINK IT WAS A GREAT THING TO
SHOW."
"NO BODY CHECKS HAVE SENT ANYONE OVERBOARD YET."
AND WHEN THE STICKS HIT THE NON-SKID, WHO ROOTED FOR WHO?
"YOU KNOW WHEN THE CANADIANS ARE PLAYING THE NAVY, I'M ALL ABOUT THE CANADIANS."
"JUST WATCHING THE GUYS PLAY ON THE DECK WAS A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY."
"I THINK THIS IS ALL PART OF US SHARING EACH OTHER'S CULTURES AND HAVING A GOOD TIME AND
A FEW LAUGHS ALONG THE WAY."
BUILDING FRIENDSHIPS BETWEEN NATIONS.
"I MET SOME REALLY GOOD GUYS OUT HERE. THE CANADIANS ARE AWESOME TO WORK WITH. SOME LONG-LASTING
FRIENDSHIPS TO COME."
"PROBABLY THE FUNNEST ASPECTS OF IT WAS BEING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN
HAWAII AND PLAYING."
FROM USS ESSEX, I'M PETTY OFFICER ERIC CROSBY.