Soldier Recovery Unit (SRU)
(previously Warrior Transition Unit)
Awards

MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS MEDICAL SECTION LEAD PETTY OFFICER, WOUNDED WARRIOR REGIMENT, HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, FROM 3 OCTOBER 2013 TO 14 JUNE 2016. HM1 LEWIS GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE WOUNDED WARRIOR REGIMENT AND ITS MEDICAL SECTION THROUGH SUSTAINED SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE, SERVING IN NUMEROUS CAPACITIES TO INCLUDE ACTING REGIMENTAL MEDICAL CHIEF. HE SERVED AS SENIOR ENLISTED MEDICAL REVIEWER FOR OVER 800 CASES AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CREATION OF A MORBIDITY TRACKING DATABASE USED TO IMPROVE MEDICAL CARE. HE SUPPORTED MEDICAL OPERATIONS FOR THE MARINE CORPS ADAPTIVE SPORTS RECOVERY PROGRAM TO INCLUDE SUPPORT OF MARINE CORPS TRIALS AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WARRIOR GAMES. HE IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF CARE AND REDUCED MEDICAL LOGISTICS OVERHEAD. HIS ACTIONS IMPACTED OVER 20 OPERATIONS AND BENEFITED MORE THAN 5,300 WOUNDED, ILL AND INJURED SERVICEMEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. HM1 LEWIS' INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.