Lt. Col. Julie D'Annunzio (right) receives the traditional

Lt. Col. Julie D'Annunzio (right) receives the traditional United States flag given to Army military retirees at the conclusion of their careers. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division (NAD) Commander Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Milhorn (left) presented the flag during a retirement ceremony held in her honor on May 10 at the Fort Hamilton Community Club's Washington Room in Brooklyn, New York.
D'Annunzio's retirement ceremony provided an end point on a 23-year career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Former military colleagues, college friends and NAD employees filled the room.
She served in assignments of increasing responsibility until her most recent, final assignment as NAD's Chief of Staff. Her career also included overseas assignments in Mosul, Iraq as the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division's brigade engineer and in Korea as the deputy commander of the Far East District, Pacific Ocean Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Lt. Col. D'Annunzio is a native of Bradford, Pennsylvania and she graduated with a bachelor's degree in geology from Slippery Rock University in Butler County, Pennsylvania.