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Major Instills Sexual Assault Response Practices in Guard
April 11, 2023
Maj. Bridget Flannery, Buddy Aid program director, presents Buddy Aid, the National Guard’s first response to sexual assault, during new employee orientation at the Professional Education Center on Camp Robinson in North Little Rock, Arkansas,  March 9, 2023. Buddy Aid began during Flannery’s 2013 deployment to Afghanistan and eventually became a national initiative based at the PEC.

South Dakota, Wyoming Guard lead the way with sexual assault training
December 29, 2021
Maj. Bridget Flannery comes to Wyoming to train Soldiers to become Buddy Aid trainers at Joint Force Headquarters in Cheyenne, Wyo. on Dec. 6, 2021.

‘Buddy Aid’ training takes new approach to sexual assault
March 24, 2021
Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the adjutant general of Virginia, presents a coin to Maj. Bridget Flannery, South Dakota National Guard SHARP Master Trainer and developer of Buddy Aid, March 2, 2021, at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The training on “Buddy Aid – First Response to Sexual Assault” was sponsored by the office of the Virginia National Guard Sexual Assault Response Coordinator and included military and civilians from National Guard Bureau’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, Delaware, Maryland, Tennessee, Washington, D.C., and Virginia.