Traize Blackwood

Traize is an Air Force Cyber Operations Officer who majored in military history at West Point. Traize always had an appreciation for other cultures’ tactics and fighting styles which led him to become a champion duelist in Historical European Martial Arts or HEMA for short. He also helped found the first HEMA club in Colorado Springs.  Even though it isn’t part of the standard curriculum, Traize used HEMA techniques to create his own fighting style using the Egyptian khopesh. 
 

When he isn’t at the HEMA gym or work, Traize volunteers as a Civil Air Parol (CAP) Mission Pilot, training to provide aerial support for fire, flood, and rescue missions. 

Upon seeing one for the first time, Traize's greatest ambition is to captain a USAF Starship!