Andrew L. Lewis

Andrew Lloyd Lewis (born 1963) is a retired admiral in the United States Navy who last served as the commander of the United States Second Fleet and NATO Joint Force Command for the Atlantic. Lewis previously served as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans and Strategy.

Early life and education Lewis was raised in Los Altos, California, and attended the United States Naval Academy where he received his commission after graduation in 1985.

Career Lewis after assuming command of U.S. 2nd Fleet aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush on August 24, 2018. During his career, Lewis has served in various roles in the United States Navy including commanding Carrier Strike Group 12, the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, Carrier Air Wing Three, Strike Fighter Squadron 106, Strike Fighter Squadron 15, and . He has also served as an instructor pilot as well as an exchange officer with the Royal Navy aboard . He has also held foreign postings in Qatar at Al Udeid Air Base and in Bahrain at United States Naval Forces Central Command. He has also served as vice director for operations and director of fleet training at Fleet Forces Command. Lewis was confirmed on June 18, 2018 and assumed command of the Second Fleet upon its formal reactivation on August 24, 2018. Outgoing commander, Vice Adm. Lewis, speaks during the Second Fleet change of command ceremony on August 20, 2021. All of Lewis's operational command tours have been centered on the United States East Coast and in late 2018 he assumed command of the newly created NATO Joint Force Command Norfolk based in Norfolk, Virginia which is dual-hatted with the Second Fleet. With the announcement of Daniel W. Dwyer to succeed him as Second Fleet commander in June 2021, Lewis is expected to retire. He relinquished command of Second Fleet to Dwyer on August 20, 2021.

Awards and decorations Since receiving his commission, Lewis has received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Legion of Merit (six awards), the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Medal (seven Strike Flight and four Individual with Combat "V"), the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three awards, two with Combat "V"), and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, among a number of other decorations.