Roy was born in Portland, Maine in 1960. Upon graduating high school in 1980, he enlisted in the United States Navy and completed basic training at The Recruit Training Command in Orlando, Florida. Upon completion of basic training in September of 1980 he took orders to Pre-Commissioning Unit, USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 as an Aerographer Mate (Meteorology), commissioning her in 1982. The USS Carl Vinson then made her maiden voyage “Around the World” in 1983 from Norfolk, Virginia to San Francisco, California, visiting, Monaco, Morocco, Ivory Coast, The Philippines, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Hawaii. In 1985, he left the USS Carl Vinson and took orders to the Naval Oceanography Command Detachment at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California as a weather observer.

In 1987 after serving seven years, he decided to leave the United States Navy and pursue civilian life. However, two years later things looked even better in the military, and he enlisted again taking orders to the United States Territory of Guam. He was assigned to the Naval Oceanography Command Center/Joint Typhoon Warning Center. His command tracked typhoons in an area of responsibility encompassing 11 million square miles. Davis worked a total of 10 Tropical Storms and 8 Typhoons during his tenure on Guam. In 1996 after completing another six years in the United States Navy he decided to depart a second time, as a 2nd Class Petty Officer promotable to 1st Class Petty Officer. In 1997 after working in the computer field in the Territory of Guam Davis returned stateside to Colorado Springs.

Davis has an Associate’s of Science Degree in Computer Science and Network Administration. He worked in the computer field for almost ten years in Colorado Springs where he was employed by MCI and Oracle Corporation as a Technical/Software Engineer. In 2005, Davis moved to Fort Worth to start a new life and upon his wife’s suggestion enlisted in The United States Army Reserve.

After training at Fort Knox, he reported to Co A 980th Engineer Battalion/721st Engineer Co. where he served for 3 years, in 2010 he was promoted to Staff Sergeant and transferred to the 90th Aviation Support Battalion where he served as the Battalions, Chemical, Biological, Nuclear and Radiological NCO and was also given a Platoon to lead. Davis retired in September of 2018; he currently is a conductor for the BNSF Railway.

Davis has been married for 27 years to OK Chung Kim Davis.