1. ON MAY 7, 2025, LIEUTENANT COLONEL (LCOL) NELSON LEWIS RETIRED, MARKING THE END OF AN EXCEPTIONAL 22+ YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF).

2. BORN IN SYDNEY, NOVA SCOTIA, LCOL LEWIS BEGAN HIS JOURNEY WITH THE CAF IN 2003 AS A SIGNALS OFFICER. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE TOOK ON A VARIETY OF ROLES, INCLUDING MANAGING CAPITAL PROJECTS, OVERSEEING CYBER OPERATIONS, DELIVERING IT SERVICES, DIRECTING NETWORK OPERATIONS, AND CONTRIBUTING TO SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE (SIGINT).

3. HIS DEDICATION TO SERVICE INCLUDED TWO DEPLOYMENTS: OPERATION SAFARI IN 2008 AND OPERATION ATHENA IN 2011. BEYOND THESE MISSIONS, LCOL LEWIS REPRESENTED THE CAF ABROAD, WORKING AS A CYBER OPERATIONS IMBED WITH THE UNITED STATES CYBER COMMAND (USCYBERCOM) AND THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE (ADF).

4. LCOL LEWIS IS HAPPILY MARRIED TO HIS WIFE, LINDSAY. TOGETHER, THEY HAVE THREE WONDERFUL CHILDREN: ARYA (10), CLARA (8), AND LEO (6).

5. AS HE EMBARKS ON THE NEXT CHAPTER OF HIS LIFE AS A PUBLIC SERVANT WITHIN DGICFD, LCOL LEWIS EXPRESSES HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO THE MANY COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS WHO SUPPORTED HIM THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER.