Mentoring

Mentoring is a relationship in which knowledge and skills are shared between members in a way in which everyone benefits. Often a more senior person is mentoring a junior person, but mentorship can happen between any two individuals. Mentoring will help Airmen and Guardians discover their strengths by achieving their full potential through a structured, trusting mentoring relationship.

Find a mentor and become a mentor! It’s easy to do both by registering in MyVector. In 2021, we completely redesigned the Mentoring platform in MyVector based on your feedback. New features include:

Ability to self-identify as someone seeking a mentor or someone who wants to be a mentor
Track the status of their mentoring requests
Updated Resources page
Enhanced messaging capability that allows users to send messages to mentors
Additional search filters:
ethnicity, race, disability, Exceptional Family Members Program (EFMP), MAJCOM, organizations, and ranks
Ability for mentees to share documents with mentor
Sister Service mentor/mentee enabled capability
CFM ability to assign mentors to mentees (Spring 2022)

Log into MyVector, check out the new capabilities, and find your mentor today at https://myvector.us.af.mil!

IEDs and CS Gas Training Obstructs Civil Affairs Convoy

115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

Video by Spc. Hannah Hawkins

June 10, 2019 | 3:06

U.S. Army Reserve D Company, 451st Civil Affairs Battalion reacts to battlefield scenarios during a convoy movement, June 10, 2019 at the National Training Center (NTC) in Fort Irwin, Calif. The soldiers experienced simulated improvised explosive devices (IED), blank fire by opposing forces, and CS gas (tear gas) injects during training. A Nebraska Army National Guard flight medic team was radioed in to transport several fictitious casualties in order to conduct decontamination training as well as administer medical aid.

The 451st Civil Affairs Battalion is supporting the Army National Guard's 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team's month-long NTC rotation. The training builds unit and Soldier proficiency to provide combatant commanders with a ready force capable of fighting and winning our nation's wars. More