Theresa Traverse / Merchandise Rep

Road Name – “Starlight”

Theresa became aware of The Rolling Barrage in 2019 when Warren had mentioned that he was doing a motorcycle trip to bring awareness of PTSD. I joined the ride in 2021, 2022 in Winnipeg and completed the Full Pull in 2023.

Theresa joined the military in 1990 as a Med Tech and in 2010 she completed the Physician Assistant course with a BSc from the University of Nebraska. She retired in 2021 with just over 30yrs of service completed.

During her service she completed 6 tours; Bosnia 1997, 2002-2003, Kosovo 1999, Kabul 2004, Ukraine 2017, CF Alert 2020. She also completed Op Nanook in Rankin Inlet 2016, and multiple OP Lentus to BC for the fires and flood.

She spent most of her career on the Western part of Canada Calgary, Edmonton, and Wainwright. Then she had the opportunity to be posted to CFB Gander which was home for her.

The highlights of her career was being company medic for B Coy, 1 PPCLI and deploying with them on multiple occasions.

Also, she was honoured to been given the opportunity to be a physician assistant with LDSH and deployed to Ukraine with LDSH and 1 CER EOD.
She was honoured to provide support and care to each unit and base in which she worked.

Now that she has been retired since 2021, she continues to work as a Physician Assistant at CAFHS Edmonton as a contractor.

In 2023 she volunteered to be the Merch Rep as she wanted to become more involved and help the organization.