COMMANDER LEWIS, 00328, Log
1. COMMANDER MICHAEL LEWIS ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN APRIL 1986 AS AN ADMIN CLERK (831). HE SUBSEQUENTLY WAS INITIATED INTO THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY WHERE AS A YOUNG LAD HE SAILED ONBOARD HMCS MACKENZIE FOR TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS VISITING COUNTLESS COUNTRIES. AFTER SERVING 9 YEARS AND OBTAINING THE RANK OF SERGEANT, HE WAS SELECTED UNDER THE UTPNCM PLAN AS A SEA LOGISTICS OFFICER AND COMPLETED HIS BACHELOR DEGREE OF COMMERCE AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY.
2. SEA LOGISTICS TRAINING FOLLOWED WHERE COMMANDER LEWIS COMPLETED PHASES 3 AND 4 AT THE CANADIAN FORCES LOGISTICS TRAINING CENTRE, AND HIS 12-MONTH D6 QUALIFICATION APPRENTICE PHASE ONBOARD HMCS PRESERVER ENDING DECEMBER 1999. IN 2001, HE WAS POSTED TO HMCS HALIFAX. DURING THOSE BUSY TWO YEARS ONBOARD, COMMANDER LEWIS SPENT OVER 8 MONTHS DEPLOYED PARTICIPATING IN NATO’S STANDING NAVAL FLEET ATLANTIC AND AS THE FIRST CANADIAN SHIP DEPLOYED INTO THE PERSIAN GULF ONLY WEEKS AFTER 9/11 FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED THE SWASM MEDAL. COMMANDER LEWIS SPENT ANOTHER TWO YEARS WORKING IN MARLANT NAVAL OPERATIONS, FOLLOWED BY ONE YEAR AT CFLTC TEACHING YOUNG SEA LOGISTICS OFFICERS AND PASSING ON SALTY DIPS OF HIS SAILOR’S BAPTISM AT KING NEPTUNE’S COURT.
3. IN 2006, COMMANDER LEWIS WAS SELECTED FOR POST GRADUATE TRAINING WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS MBA AT RMC. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY TWO YEARS IN OTTAWA AT DSFC. COMMANDER LEWIS WAS THEN POSTED TO THE 1ST CANADIAN DIVISION, WHERE IN FEBRUARY 2011 HE DEPLOYED AS THE NEO JOINT TASK FORCE J4 ON OP MOBILE WHICH COORDINATED THE EVACUATION OF CANADIANS OUT OF LIBYA.
4. COMMANDER LEWIS WAS APPOINTED COMMANDING OFFICER, CF JOINT OPERATIONAL SUPPORT GROUP HEADQUARTERS FROM 2011 UNTIL 2013, DURING WHICH TIME HE COMPLETED JCSP, AND SUBSEQUENTLY HIS MASTERS IN DEFENCE STUDIES. COMMANDER LEWIS COMPLETED HIS COMMAND TOUR IN 2015 AT CFB HALIFAX AS THE BASE ADMINISTRATION OFFICER. SINCE THAT TIME, HE WAS HONOURED TO WEAR THE RED PATCH AND EXERCISE/DEPLOY TO SEVERAL COUNTRIES.
5. MIKE WOULD LIKE TO PASS ON HIS SINCERE THANKS TO HIS SHIPMATES, COLLEAGUES AND MENTORS WHO, THROUGH THEIR SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP, HAVE ENRICHED HIS CAREER.
6. FINALLY, MIKE WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE HIS ENDURING GRATITUDE TO HIS SPOUSE, KIMBERLEY AND FAMILY, FOR THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT. KIM AND MIKE PLAN TO TRAVEL, AND VOLUNTEER IN THEIR SPARE TIME.
7. TO SAY FAREWELL AND BID FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS, SHIPMATES, RED DEVILS, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY ARE INVITED TO RAISE A GLASS OF CHEER. A DWD WILL BE HELD AT HMCS CATARAQUI, KINGSTON, ON 22 AUGUST AT 1430 HRS.
8. CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, ANECDOTES, SALTY DITS, BEST WISHES AND INCRIMINATING PHOTOS MAY BE FORWARDED TO LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER GERRY WESTLAKE, GERALD.WESTLAKE@FORCES.GC.CA, and NLT 17 AUG 2018.
1. LE CAPITAINE DE FREGATE MICHAEL LEWIS EST ENTRE DANS LES FORCES ARMEES CANADIENNES EN AVRIL 1986 A TITRE DE COMMIS D’ADMINISTRATION (831). IL A PAR LA SUITE ETE INITIE DANS LA MARINE ROYALE CANADIENNE OU, COMME JEUNE MATELOT, IL A NAVIGUE A BORD DY NCSM MACKENZIE PENDANT 24 MOIS ET VISITE UN GRAND NOMBRE DE PAYS. APRES AVOIR SERVI PENDANT NEUF ANS ET AVOIR ATTEINT LE TGRADE DE SERGENT, IL A ETE CHOISI DANS LE CADRE DU PFUMDR A TITRE D’OFFICIER DE LOGISTIQUE EN MER ET A OBTENU SON BACCALAUREAT EN COMMERCE DE L’UNIVERSITÉ MCGILL
2. L’INSTRUCTION EN LOGISTIQUE EN MER A SUIVI. LE CAPITAINE DE FREGATE LEWIS A SUIVI LES PHASES 3 ET 4 AU CENTRE D’INSTRUCTION DE LOGISTIQUE DES FORCES CANADIENNES ET SA PHASE D’APPRENTI DE QUALIFICATION D6 DE DOUZE MOIS A BORD DU NCSM PRESERVER JUSQU EN DECEMBRE 1999. EN 2001, IL A ETE AFFECTE AU NCSM HALIFAX. PENDANT LES DEUX ANNEES OCCUPEES PASSEES A BORD, LE CAPITAINE DE FREGATE LEWIS A PASSE PLUS DE HUIT MOIS EN DEPLOIEMENT AU SEIN DE LA FORCE NAVALE PERMANENTE DE L’ATLANTIQUE DE L’OTAN ET SUR LE PREMIER NAVIRE CANADIEN ENVOYE DANS LE GOLFE ARABO-PERSIQUE QUELQUES SEMAINES A PEINE APRES LES ATTENTATS DU 11 SEPTEMBRE 2001, AFFECTATION POUR LAQUELLE IL A RECU LA MSASO. LE CAPITAINE DE FREGATE LEWIS A PASSE DEUX AUTRES ANNEES A SERVIR AU SEIND ES OPERATIONS NAVALES DES FMAR(A) ET UN AN A L EALFC POUR ENSEIGNER AUX JEUNES OFFICIERS DE LA LOGISTIQUE EN MER ET LEUR RACONTER DES ANECDOTES SUR SON BAPTEME DE MARIN A LA COUR DU ROI NEPTUNE
3. EN 2006, LE CAPITAINE DE FREGATE LEWIS A ETE SELECTIONNE POUR DES ETUDES SUPERIEURES ET A OBTENU SA MBA AU CMR. CELA A ETE SUIVI PAR DEUX ANS A OTTAWA, AU DFECS. LE CAPITAINE DE FREGATE LEWIS A ENSUITE ETE AFFECTE A LA 1RE DIVISION DU CANADA, OU, EN FEVRIER 2011, IL A ETE AFFECTE AU POSTE DE J4 DE LA FORCE OPERATIONNELLE INTERARMEES CHARGEE DES NEO POUR L’OP MOBILE, QUI COORDONNAIT L’ÉVACUATION DES RESSORTISSANTS CANADIENS EN LIBYE
4. LE CAPITAINE DE FREGATE LEWIS A ETE NOMME COMMANDANT DU QUARTIER GENERAL DU GROUPE DE SOUTIEN INTERARMEES DES FORCES CANADIENNES DE 2011 A 2013. PENDANT CETTE PERIODE, IL A SUIVI LE PCEMI ET A OBTENU SA MAITRISE EN ETUDES DE LA DEFENSE. LE CAPITAINE DE FREGATE LEWIS A TERMINE SA PERIODE DE COMMANDEMENT EN 2015 A LA BFC HALIFAX A TITRE D’OFFICIER D’ADMINISTRATION DE LA BASE. DEPUIS, IL A EU L’HONNEUR DE PORTER L’INSIGNE ROUGE ET DE PARTICIPER A DES EXERCICES/DEPLOIEMENTS DANS PLUSIEURS PAYS
5. MIKE AIMERAIT REMERCIER SINCEREMENT SES CAMARADES DE BORD, SES COLLEGUES ET SES MENTORS QUI, PAR LEUR SOUTIEN ET LEUR AMITIE, ONT ENRICHI SA CARRIERE
6. FINALEMENT, MIKE AIMERAIT SOULIGNER SON ETERNELLE GRATITUDE POUR SON EPOUSE, KIMBERLEY, ET SA FAMILLE, POUR LEUR AMOUR ET LEUR SOUTIEN. KIM ET MIKE PREVOIENT VOYAGER ET FAIRE DU BENEVOLAT DANS LEUR TEMPS LIBRE
7. POUR LUI DIRE AU REVOIR ET LUI SOUHAITER BONS VENTS ET BONNE MER, SES CAMARADES DE BORD, LES RED DEVILS, SES AMIS LES MEMBRES DE SA FAMILLE SONT INVITES A VENIR PRENDRE UN VERRE. UNE CEREMONIE DE DEPART DANS LA DIGNITE SERA ORGANISEE AU NCSM CATARAQUI, A KINGSTON, LE 22 AOUT A 14 H 30
8. LES FELICITATIONS, LES ANECDOTES, LES HISTOIRES DE MARINS, LES BONS VOEUX ET LES PHOTOS INCRIMINANTES PEUVENT ETRE ENVOYES AU CAPITAINE DE CORVETTE GERRY WESTLAKE, GERALD.WESTLAKE@FORCES.GC.CA, APTL 17 AOUT 2018.