Army Days - Eric Wroolie

1 Feb 2021 · Army Days · 3 min read

The Confidence Ladder

In Army training, we sometimes visited the confidence course. The confidence course is like a giant playground of walls to jump over, beams to walk across, ropes to climb and

15 Apr 2017 · Army Days · 2 min read

How to Kill Someone's Dreams

The easiest way to kill someone’s dreams is to question them as if they should have an answer. Ask a lot of questions about hypothetical situations and watch the

2 Dec 2015 · Army Days

I still get Army Running Cadence in my head

It’s amazing how fast time flies. I remember my Dad talking about that when I was a kid. A few months is an eternity for a child (such a

11 Feb 2012 · Army Days · 1 min read

DLI Today

Here’s an interesting video on the Defense Language Institute (DLI) from the History Channel. I attended the Chinese Mandarin Course for all of 1991. It’s so hard to

29 Sep 2009 · Army Days · 3 min read

Eric Wroolie: Gym Man

I’ve always hated going to the gym. It’s not that I don’t like working out—I just prefer something like running. Running is easy. It’s solitary.

12 Feb 2009 · Army Days · 5 min read

The Bus Ride

I can vividly remember the bus ride from St. Louis to Fort Leonard Wood Army base in Missouri. There must have been 50 people on that bus. We had only