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 [...]
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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. [...]
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Gaming Bits has posted an interview with WILL President & CEO Sharon Sloane. The interview touches on general WILL background, the results of our products, and potential future targets for WILL. GamingBits: Who do you think can best benefit from WILL Interactive’s programs? Sharon Sloane: These programs are all based on real incidents. They have [...]
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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, [...]
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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 [...]
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CBS News ran a story about the US Army Stand Down for training in suicide prevention. Beyond the Front, a VEILS® Interactive movie recently completed for the Army was featured as one of the tools that will be used to combat this growing problem. You can view the video here. Watch CBS Videos Online
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Last night CBS affiliate WUSA 9 ran a story about ‘sexting’, and the new program that WILL Interacive is developing in partnership with Verizon and Web Wise Kids to help combat this risky behavior:
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Edge Online is running an article by WILL’s own Sharon Sloane (President & CEO) which discusses how the difficult emotional issues that Soldiers face can be addressed by reality-based simulations, or ‘serious games’. Specialist Kyle Norton is a 19-year old soldier two months into his first deployment in Iraq. Already lonely for his fiancée, Anne, [...]
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The Washington Post is running a feature on Beyond the Front, one of our latest programs developed with the US Army, which is designed to train soldiers on Suicide Prevention. Alarmed by a record rate of suicide in its ranks, the Army yesterday unveiled a unique prevention tool — an interactive video to be mandatory [...]
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On June 25, 2008, WILL Interactive, Inc. and Vetwork Learning Solutions, Inc. (Vet-Works) entered into a Joint Venture in accordance with Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR) Subpart 19.14 — Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOB) Procurement Program. The V-W Joint Venture has been determined to meet all requirements in paragraph 19.1403(c) and is considered a service-disabled veteran-owned [...]
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