Military.com has picked up Hugh Lessig’s story on the Army’s stand-down for Suicide Prevention training, and the use of WILL’s recent product Beyond the Front.
The simulated exercise isn’t a cure-all for a fighting force stretched thin, but it will let soldiers practice making tough decisions, said Sharon Sloane, president and CEO of WILL Interactive, the Maryland-based company that produced the project in cooperation with the military.
“What this does is basically compress experience,” Sloane said. “It lets them play it out before they live it out.”
The exercise requires soldiers to make choices on behalf of Spc. Norton: Does he talk out his problems? Does he try to tough it out? Is there a middle ground?
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