1sg Anthony Bell Reflection

Some would say don’t judge a book by it’s cover, while this saying typically goes over one’s head. 1SG Anthony Bell Sr. was a man that people would tend to judge before they’d got to know him, including myself. Although he was one short man, that didn’t make him any less of a man or leader. Before I graduated, he’d instilled morals in me that I still live with today. Of course before he was my instructor, I judged before I knew him. Thinking about about 1SG Bell brings a father-like figure into my life. I could almost see his fluorescent polished head from a mile away; if you couldn’t see him, you sure could smell his fragrance from even further. Not to mention, I may not have realized it at the time, but I’ve learned an abundant amount of lesson, and this wasn’t necessarily taught, it was simply from being around him everyday. I’d truly looked to him for a lot of advice, just as anyone would look to a mentor, in which he very well was.

Furthermore, one would never forget their encounter with someone, like they always say first impressions are everything. My first interaction with 1SG Bell seemed very erroneous and was quite frankly all out of context. There was this one day where the JROTC was preparing for the awards ceremony, and with 1SG, everything was rehearsed. I was a new student transferring from my last high school and was completely

Some would say every cloud has a silver lining, but after our first encounter I wasn’t sure how we were going to turn out. A lot of 1SG Bell’s actions weren’t necessarily out of spite; this was a retired soldier that served active duty, which answers a lot of questions in itself. Most soldiers tend to act on decisions hastily. He completed 23 years in the United States Army; 1SG Bell’s service contributed to a lot of his ways and decisions he made. Not to mention, he himself has admitted to commonly making pretty haste and unwise