Danger Close has won the 2010 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Award for Best Workforce Training Solution.
From their website:
The CODiE Awards, originally called the Excellence in Software Awards, were established in 1986 by the Software Publishers Association (SPA), now the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), so that pioneers of [...]
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Training Magazine has published a new article by WILL CEO Sharon Sloane:
Challenge
Imagine you are a non-commissioned officer (NCO) preparing for combat in a U.S. military operation and a new and unseasoned officer has joined your ranks. As a leader of your squad, it is your responsibility to be the proper buffer between the platoon and [...]
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‘Danger’ on the screen means safety in the field at Sill
September 20, 2009
The Lawton Constitution
BY MITCH MEADOR
Fort Sill soldiers recently participated in the making of WILL Interactive Inc.’s newest training simulation, “Danger Close.”
According to Sharon Sloane, CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based enterprise, “Danger Close” was shot here over a three-week period. Professional actors were [...]
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This week ABC 27 News (Harrisburg, PA) had a feature on WILL Interactive’s current production at Fort Indiantown Gap:
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The New Patriot News is running a story about WILL’s current production, a new interactive movie for the U.S. Army that focuses on ethical decision making:
A soldier in Iraq is getting valuable intelligence information from a clan leader with whom he has cultivated a relationship, when he hears screams in the leader’s enclave that he [...]
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Army.mil has posted a story detailing the US Army’s use of Beyond the Front in suicide prevention training:
Referring to the title of the video, Jones said, “The ‘front’ stands for the battlefield, but ‘ front’ also stands for the face that a Soldier may put on to disguise the stress they are dealing with.”
“You can [...]
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The Virginian-Pilot is running a story about the US Army’s use of Beyond the Front to train Soldiers in suicide prevention:
Local Army installations haven’t experienced an increase – since 2003, two soldiers stationed at either Fort Eustis in Newport News or Fort Story in Virginia Beach have taken their own lives. None have killed themselves [...]
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The Times Herald-Record is running a story about the US Army’s effort to battle the current spike in Soldier Suicide, and how WILL’s latest product, Beyond the Front is playing a major role:
“It wasn’t an after-school special,” said Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Correll, 35, a member of the Bear Mountain Recruiting Company in Middletown. “Some [...]
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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 [...]
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Beyond the Front was featured again over the weekend, this time in the Daily Press:
His name is Spc. Kyle Norton, and his life is falling apart.
Norton is deployed in the Middle East. His wife-to-be has just ended their relationship via e-mail. He has money problems. A bad country-and-western song doesn’t even begin to describe his [...]
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