
During UNITAS, reconnaissance and special operation force Marines from 11 partnered and allied nations conducted multilateral special operations training consisting of HRST, room clearing, visit board search and seizure, jungle patrolling, low level static line jumping, and small arms tactics.

reconnaissance Marine with 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, fast ropes from a UH-1Y Venom during helicopter rope suspension tactics training during UNITAS LXIV at Cartagena, Colombia, July 13, 2023. HMCS Regina has a lovely ships company.UNITAS: Recon & SOF HRST and VBSS - A U.S. “I thought that was very sweet and supportive of them and I enjoyed seeing everyone again after being on parental leave. “They asked me to bring my newborn daughter Estella to be part of the presentation,” S1 Maxwell said. Her designs for various navy-related artwork have been published on social media before, and she has received many requests for more design work.Īlthough S1 Maxwell could not be present when the morale patches were being distributed to the ship’s company due to her parental leave, the new executive command team of HMCS Regina invited her to the office to present the new morale patch to her personally. “I think it was a success I wouldn’t change a thing,” she says. S1 Maxwell says she is thankful the order was completed well before the ship was due back from the maintenance period. “Tridents are depicted as powerful weapons forged and used by different gods, sailors, and fishermen in ancient times,” she says. “I thought it was a great idea for a navy morale patch.”Ĭoming up with the concept and designing it took about one day, but the production of the whole order took about two months.

She says her favourite element of the patch is the trident. I kept the text simple to not take away from the main design,” she said. “I tried to make it look like the paint is washing off in the appearance of waves crashing. The ship and the waves crashing in the background are an homage to the wartime paint job Regina has carried since 2019. The refreshing design incorporates a trident with the Regina Prairie Bison skull and iconic Regina crown as part of the three prongs. S1 Maxwell has been Regina’s member since 2019 and has made morale patches for the ship’s company before.
