Knox Graduate Proudly Serves Country as a U.S. Army Lt. Col.

Julie Simoni (middle) was promoted in 2011 to lieutenant colonel.
Julie Simoni (middle) was promoted in 2011 to lieutenant colonel.

A local graduate is now a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army and works as the regional defense counsel for Central Command stationed in Afghanistan.

Lt. Col. Julie Simoni was born and raised in Knox and was on two weeks R&R when she came in to give us an update on how she’s been doing since she graduated from Knox High School in 1989. She is proud to have had some of the core values she learned in her small town to take with her as she moves through the ranks in the Army.

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