Los Angeles (SSN 688) - Naval Cruise Book

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QE ,, ,.l. V ,V A .. COMMANDER ERIK A. BURIAN UNITED STATES NAVY Commander Btuian is a native of Middle Island, New York. A Distinguished Graduate of the United States Naval Academy with the class of 1989, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering. He . completed the submarine nuclear power training pipeline following commissioning. His initial sea duty was aboard the USS LAPON QSSN 6615 in Norfolk, VA. He served in several division officer positions until the ship's decommissioning at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. He was then assigned to the USS WI-IALE CSSN 6381 at the start of a UNITAS deployment that included a circumnavigation of South America, during which he completed qualification in submarines. Commander Burian served as Corrununicator and then subsequently as Damage Control Assistant during an Arctic deployment that included nearly two months under the ice. Commander Burian then enrolled as a graduate student in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program. During his studies he conducted research with autonomous underwater vehicles in the Deep Submergence Laboratory and was awarded a Master of Science degree in Ocean Engineering. Commander Bl11'l2lI1 served as the Combat Systems Officer and then as the Engineer aboard the USS BOSTON CSSN 7035. During his tour, the ship conducted a UNITAS deployment, counterdrug operations, and a change of homepoit concluding in a decommissioning in Pearl Harbor, HI. Following department head duty, Commander Burian was an Assistant Experiment Director at the Maritime Battle Center of the Navy Warfare Development Command. In this position, he designed and implemented the strategies for naval and joint fire control demonstrated in Fleet Battle Experiments Golf and India, conducted in conjunction with the staffs of Sixth and Third Fleet. Commander Burian served as Executive Officer on USS GEORGIA CSSBN 7293 and completed strategic deterrent patrols with both the Blue and Gold crews. While he was assigned, the ship combined crews, was re- designated as an SSGN following missile oflload, and conducted exercises in support SSGN concept of operations development, prior to a change of homeport. His most recent tour of duty was as the Deputy Commander for Readiness on the staff of the Commander, Submarine Squadron 1. In this capacity, he directly supported the mission preparations of six submarines in tactics, navigation, and engineering. Commander Burian is married to Brenda Jensen, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, and an Assistant Professor in the graduate program ofthe College of National Sciences at Hawaii Pacific University. They reside with their daughters, Kelsey and Keira, in Kailua, Hawaii. COIVIIVIANDING OFFICER CDR Erik A. Burian

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...IllIIIEIIIliIllIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllln-I--lu C I we we fl 1 VAC' - fi vii 0 J COMMANDING OFFICER USS LOS ANGELES CSSN 6887 FPO AP 96671-2368 4 Jan 07 Shipmates, Thank you for what has been the most challenging and rewarding year and a half of my Navy career. At the start of this deployment cycle, there were huge hurdles to leap, with an untested crew - all of us. With the effort of every member of the LA Team and many who transferred prior to the completion of the deployment, we took our 'classicn 30 year- old submarine from the shipyard to the Western Pacific in only nine months, and very successfully executed one of the most demanding missions in the Submarine Force. That didn't happen through purely good fortune or lucky timing, this ship succeeded through the dedicated efforts of every man onboard and the incredible support of the families that took care of things at home, and awaited our joyous return. I am incredibly proud of your service, each one of you. You have all accomplished things that relatively few men will ever do and you have done them exceedingly well. The record is perfectly clear for USS Los Angeles in 2007: Battle Efficiency MEN, Engineering MEN, Navigation MNH, Supply 'EH, and the CSS-l Naval Special Warfare Award. What makes this even more remarkable is that at the time of return from deployment, the ship had been underway for ten of the previous twelve months and was still recognized with the COMPACFLT Retention Excellence Award for 2007. The nFirst and Finestn was exactly that. Bravo Zulu, LA Warriors and.Mhhalo, LA Ohana! Sin - A--- A ., S 'S .,., E A A. BURIAN A Commander, U.S. Navy Commanding Gffiger I Q, V ,gf ,' , L, - D 'i..17i.f2J A V 5

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EXECUTIVE CDR Chris IVI Henry GFFICER QDQ EXECUTIVE CDR Errc E George QFFICER rm CDR Henry transfered near the end of Deployment 1