Chaplain (Colonel) Mitchell Lewis was born in St. Louis, Missouri and now calls Georgia home. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Wake Forest University and a Master of Divinity with Languages from the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. His military education includes completion of the Chaplain Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Combined Arms and Services Staff School (CAS3), the Command and General Staff Officers Course (CGSOC) and the Chaplain Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel functional courses.
Chaplain Lewis is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and a member of the denomination’s North Georgia Conference. He served as a pastor for ten years before entering the Army as a chaplain in 1991.
In previous assignments, Chaplain Lewis served as Command Chaplain, U.S. Army South, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Deputy Command Chaplain, U.S. Army Europe, Heidelberg, Germany; Command Chaplain, 19th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Daegu, Korea; Brigade Chaplain, 3rd Infantry Division Artillery, Fort Stewart, Georgia; Deputy Community Chaplain, 284th Base Support Battalion, Gießen, Germany; Battalion Chaplain, 1st Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, Babenhausen, Germany; Battalion Chaplain, 194th Maintenance Battalion, Camp Humphreys, Korea; Assistant Brigade Chaplain, 3rd Basic Training Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
He deployed with the 3rd Infantry Division Artillery in January 2003 and accompanied the initial wave of forces into Iraq, an operation for which the division received the Presidential Unit Citation.
In specialized assignments, Chaplain Lewis served as the Chaplain Corps’ Doctrine Integrator at the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and as the Chief of Information Management at the U.S. Army Chaplain Center & School at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
His military awards include the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (with 7 oak leaf clusters), the Army Commendation Medal (with 1 oak leaf cluster), the Army Achievement Medal and the Combat Action Badge.