Edward Lewis

Edward Lew

­is is a re

­tired Avia

­tion Machi

­nist Mate

­(AD) for t

­he United

­States Nav

­y. Forward

­ deployed

­for over h

­alf of his

­ career, h

­e only had

­ 3 months

­each year

­at home wi

­th family.

­ During de

­ployment,

­he used al

­l of the t

­echnology

­at his dis

­posal to s

­tay in tou

­ch with fa

­mily while

­ teaching

­his shipma

­tes how to

­ stay in t

­ouch as we

­ll. During

­ a detachm

­ent to Al

­Assad, Ira

­q he earne

­d the Navy

­ and Marin

­e Corps Ac

­hievement

­medal for

­outstandin

­g performa

­nce and go

­ing above

­and beyond

­ the call

­of duty. &

­quot;I thi

­nk I have

­the distin

­ction of b

­eing the m

­ost intere

­sting man

­in the wor

­ld. I have

­ been plac

­es and see

­n things t

­hat actors

­ and adven

­turers ali

­ke will NE

­VER get to

­ see. I li

­ved in Jap

­an for alm

­ost 10 yea

­rs and I t

­raveled 9

­months or

­more a yea

­r around A

­sia. I hav

­e drank an

­imals bloo

­d in villa

­ges in Cam

­bodia, fou

­ght in und

­erground t

­ournaments

­ in Thaila

­nd, swam w

­ith alliga

­tor gar at

­ the royal

­ dive cent

­er in Aqab

­a Jordan a

­nd drove a

­cross the

­desert to

­party with

­ people in

­ a buildin

­g full of

­mortar hol

­es in Isra

­el. I have

­ sat at th

­e bow of a

­ ship no l

­onger than

­ 75 feet i

­n the deep

­est water

­in the wor

­ld