125 Years of Family Serving Family – Rosa Bell, Fort Benning
Rosa Bell (left) has worked for the Exchange for 47 years. Her daughter, Clevetta, has been an associate for the past eight years.
One in a series honoring the Exchange’s 125 years of family serving family.
Rosa Bell remembers how she would greet fresh-faced recruits as she served them in Fort Benning’s Sand Hill Troop Store and how they would remember her 20 years later when they returned as commanders.
The store manager has seen almost everything in her 47-year career with the Exchange, all at Fort Benning.
“I have traveled and worked at over 20 installations during my years at Fort Benning,” she said. “I have learned a lot and I have taught others a lot. The Exchange has been great to me.”
It’s easy to develop a deep connection to the idea of family serving family if you’ve been at one place for 47 years, Bell said.
“There is no greater honor than serving your family. You always have the most respect for your family and go far beyond the call of duty to present the best customer service in the world,” she said. “Love is eternal for our family.”
Bell’s 45-year anniversary was a career highlight for her, when she was awarded a brick from the original Camp Benning Command Building.
Bell’s Exchange roots now run deeper, after her daughter, Clevetta, joined the family eight years ago and works at the Fort Benning Mini-Mall Express.
“She thinks she knows more about the Exchange than I do,” Bell said.
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Is it at all possible to get a hard copy mailed to me. I miss all our news on my computer. I would be glad to pay postage; I retired from AAFES in 1993 . At 85 I find it hard to use my computer to read all articles and notices. So if at all possible PLEASE approve this request
Mr. Fernandez:
Thank you for writing to your Exchange Post. We are no longer publishing the Exchange Post as a magazine; it’s all online now.
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Steve Smith
Editor, Exchange Post
This is one of the best Branch Mangers the Exchange has trained and promoted and encouraged her through her career..I have worked with Rosa on many a new store opening and at the Old Benning Main store…can’t say enough good about Rosa.
Thank you so much, Elizabeth. It is our pleasure to highlight great associates like Rosa who make the Exchange the wonderful place that it is!
Can’t say enough good things about Rosa! So happy she is being recognized. I shop exclusively at Ft. Benning Exchange and she
is one of the reasons I love the Ft. Benning Exchange. She will go out of her way for you as will others at the exchange.