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information on what to do if you witness an assault, or are
assaulted, or are thinking about suicide. Manuals and links to a
variety of the most useful sites are also clickable. Helmerson
called it "a one-stop shop."
The app can be used for Android and Apple smartphones, tablets
and iPads. To find the app at the app store, search for "We Care
JBLE."
The app just came out April 30, and Helmerson said it's
TRADOC's intent to get it distributed to other TRADOC
installations. She thinks it could eventually go Army-wide,
including to the Reserve Components.
Just a few weeks earlier, TRADOC met with local area colleges
near JBLE. She suggested to participants that this is something
they may want to consider adopting and adapting for their own
institutions.
As she was talking, Helmerson said the participants were
downloading the app.
"We're fighting the same fight as colleges," she said. "We have
the same vulnerable populations in our formations. We can all
learn from each other how to address this issue."
"If it helps one person, then our time and effort was really worth
it," Helmerson said.
The We Care app was created at the Sustainment Center of
Excellence, Fort Lee, Va., under the guidance of Commanding
General Maj. Gen. Larry Wyche and his Mobile Team, Technology
Integration Branch, headed by Matt MacLaughler, Diane Jenkins,
Tyler Gross and David Garrish. The app was initially piloted in
2012 at Fort Lee, then fielded for use in the summer of 2013.
The same team also modified the app for use at JBLE and
obtained the necessary security approvals to host the app at the