GLENDALE DAILY PLANET

Glendale City IT Professional Roy Burris retires from the Navy Reserve

By Ed and Bette Sharpe - Glendale Daily Planet

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OPENING REMARKS BY SENIOR CHIEF MOBBS

ETCS - GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS SENIOR CHIEF MOBBS AND I WILL BE YOUR MASTER OF CEREMONIES FOR TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO THIS SPECIAL OCCASION MARKING THE RETIREMENT OF CHIEF BURRIS. WE ARE GATHERED THIS AFTERNOON TO WITNESS THE FINAL STAGE IN A VERY FULL AND PRODUCTIVE 20-YEAR MILITARY CAREER. WE ARE ALSO GATHERED TO SAY THANKS TO A GOOD SHIPMATE. THANKS FOR HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS WHICH IN THEIR OWN UNIQUE WAY HAVE MADE OUR NAVY A STRONGER AND MORE CAPABLE FORCE IN OUR NEVER-ENDING FIGHT FOR PEACE IN THIS SOMETIMES TROUBLED WORLD. THANKS FOR HIS MANY DEDICATED HOURS AND PERSONAL INITIATIVE THAT HAS HELPED TO MAKE THE UNITED STATES NAVY THE PROUD PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION IT IS TODAY. THANKS FOR BEING THE TYPE OF LEADER THAT HAS ENSURED THE NEXT GENERATION OF SAILORS ARE READY TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF TOMORROW. JUST AS THIS IS THE END OF ONE PHASE IN HIS LIFE, IT IS THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER. SO OUR GATHERING TODAY ALSO GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO WISH HIM EVERY SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE AS HE LOOKS FORWARD TO NEW CHALLENGES AND REWARDS. I EXTEND AN ESPECIALLY WARM WELCOME TO CHIEF BURRIS’S WIFE, LARA, AND HIS FATHER ROY. I KNOW THAT BOTH OF YOU, MORE THAN ANY ONE OF US, ARE VIVIDLY AWARE OF THE SACRIFICES THAT CHIEF BURRIS HAS MADE IN THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY, AND I SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE NAVY WHEN I SAY HOW PLEASED WE ARE TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TAKE PICTURES AT ANY TIME DURING THE CEREMONY, EXCEPT DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

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CHIEF BURRIS PRESENTED WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION BY LCDR VANDERLIP

CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CHIEF INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN ROY BURRIS, I EXTEND TO YOU MY PERSONAL THANKS AND THE SINCERE APPRECIATION OF A GRATEFUL NATION FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION OF HONORABLE SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. YOU HAVE HELPED MAINTAIN THE SECURITY OF THE NATION DURING A CRITICAL TIME IN IT’S HISTORY WITH A DEVOTION TO DUTY AND A SPIRIT OF SACRIFICE IN KEEPING WITH THE PROUD TRADITIONS OF MILITARY SERVICE. YOUR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION HAVE BEEN AN INSPIRATION FOR THOSE WHO WILL FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS, AND FOR ALL AMERICANS WHO JOIN ME TODAY IN SALUTING YOU FOR A JOB EXTREMELY "WELL DONE". MY BEST WISHES TO YOU FOR HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.

DONALD TRUMP

COMMANDER IN CHIEF

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A Medal for Roy Burris CPO USN Retired

Bette Sharpe/ Glendale Daily Planet no. 8571.

Roy Burris CPO USN Retired, LCDR Doug Vanderlip USNR, Chaplain Llorente Captain USAF

Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal Gold star in lieu of the third award.

Meritorious service while serving a Navy communications system coordination center, IT security manager and system control center coordinator, U.S. Pacific Fleet from 1 September 2011 to 1 May 2017. Chief Burris consistently performed his demanding duties in an exemplary and highly professional manner. His leadership and technical expertise during exercise's Terminal Fury, Pacific Sentry and to Commander Pacific Fleet Maritime Operations Center detachment 601 consistently led to the success of U.S. Pacific Fleet and the 100%% mission readiness of his unit. His superior performance of duty during his tour was the hallmark of a career devoted to accomplishing broad and diverse tasks, which highlighted the culmination of 20 years of honorable and dedicated Naval service.

Signed by RADM Vic Mercado Director, Maritime Operations Center.

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Roy Burris CPO USN Retired, tells the
attendees how he entered the Navy Reserve.

Chief Burris relates how he came to be in the reserves, "In 1981 I dropped out of NROTC in college then 20 years ago I saw a newspaper advertisement to join the Navy Reserve Advance Pay Grade program. I was able to come in as a DP3 which is an E-4. I was able to travel around the world to Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman and U.A.E. "

Chief Burris continues, "A few years ago my mother asked me if I wouldn't have rather been an Officer like my father. My father piped up and said 'a Chief is more prestigious.'"

Roy closed by exclaiming "Navy Chief" ... and all the Chiefs in the at the event responded with a resounding ... "Navy Pride!"

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Presentation of shadow box

Bette Sharpe/ Glendale Daily Planet no. 8574.

Roy Burris CPO USN Retired, ITC Brig Medina USNR, Walter Roese CPO USN Retired

Roy tells us, "When a sailor retires and is departing the ship for the last time, it's considered bad luck for the sailor's shadow to touch land before he/she does. Thus, the sailor's shipmates would construct a sturdy box, hand-crafted of the finest materials, in which to display mementos of the sailor's accomplishments -- thereby symbolically creating a "shadow" of the sailor. The box safely contains the sailor's "shadow" until he/she is safely ashore"

Roy continued, "My box included challenge coins from my past commands. My first rating badge as a DP3 and my last rating badge ITC with my 20 years of service stripes in Gold."

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Bette Sharpe/ Glendale Daily Planet no. 8586.
Roy Burris CPO USN Retired, receives his retirement flag flown on the USS ARIZONA from ETC Glenn Ichikawa.

Bette Sharpe/ Glendale Daily Planet no. 8602.

Roy Burris CPO USN Retired, Roy E. Burris, Jr. (father), Lara Burris (wife)

Roy presented the retirement flag, which had been flown on the USS ARIZONA memorial, to his father, Roy E. Burris, Jr.

Bette Sharpe/ Glendale Daily Planet no. 8618.

A warm welcome - Stan Cheek CMSgt USAF Retired - Roy Burris CPO USN Retired.

Bette Sharpe/ Glendale Daily Planet no. 8635.

Former members of my first unit Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific (NCTAMS PAC)

Ed Sharpe/ Glendale Daily Planet

All Chief Petty Officers from different units

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A proud city presents Roy with
a unique retirement gift.

A wonderful reception and Hawaiian Luau after the Roy's
retirement ceremony was prepared by Chuck Foy and Lara Burris.

Ed Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 5486

L to R - Sgt Kim Dominguez Glendale PD, Kim is in charge of recruiting, Sheila Reddic - IT Desktop Support Supervisor at City of Glendale. Roy Burris CPO USN Retired and currently works for City of Glendale IT department. Sgt.Jeff Turney PhD, Glendale Police Department and also Chairman of the Glendale Chamber of Commerce Military and Veteran Affairs Committee.

Sgt Kim Dominguez tells us the framed art "was a gift from our city of Glendale veterans to Roy for his selfless service to our country and for supporting current military members who come back from deployment."

Sgt.Jeff Turney PhD, Glendale Police Department and also Chairman of the Glendale Chamber of Commerce Military and Veteran Affairs Committee stated "Roy was a huge asset to our United States Navy protecting the freedoms we hold dear around the world. He continues to be an asset to our Chamber of Commerce Military & Veterans Affairs committee and our city."

ROY IS CURRENTLY AN IT PROFESSIONAL AT THE CITY OF GLENDALE! THERE IS STILL SOME TIME BEFORE HE RETIE FROM THERE!

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Roy Burris CPO USN Retired - HISTORY

Mobilized 3 times for a total of 5 years to:

Camp Patriot Kuwait Naval Base August 2006- May 2007

Al Basrah Oil Terminal Iraq April 2009- July 2011

COMUSNAVCENT August 2013-August 2015

Units assigned to:

NCTAMS PAC Det 119 Wahiawa, Hawaii

NCWRON 34 Seal Beach, CA

COMPACFLT MOC Det 601 Makalapa, HI

DESRON 50 Bahrain

COMUSNAVCENT My most rewarding assignment Coalition Communications. Missions took be to the countries of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, U.A.E., Singapore, Thailand and Japan

Rank -

Joined the Navy under the Advanced Pay Grade (APG) program in 1997 allowed me to start as a Petty Officer Third Class, promoted to Chief Petty Officer in September 2010.