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!

BROLL: New York National Guard conducts artillery training at African Lion 2024

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

Video by Spc. Lukas Sparks

May 5, 2024 | 3:15

U.S. Army Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New York National Guard, conduct artillery operations with M119 howitzers in Ben Ghilouf, Tunisia, May 5, 2024. African Lion 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of U.S. Africa Command’s premier joint exercise led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), running from April 19 to May 31 across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia, with over 8,100 participants from 27 nations and NATO contingents. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Lukas Sparks)

Shot List:
(00:00) ESTABLISHING: Artillery camp.
(00:05) MED: U.S. Army Soldier works on field equipment and calls commands.
(00:15) MED: Soldiers adjust howitzer placement.
(00:22) MED: Soldier adjusts sights on howitzer.
(00:29) MED: Soldier brings mock artillery round to howitzer.
(00:39) MED CLOSE: Soldiers insert mock round into howitzer.
(00:43) MED: Soldier finds target on sights of howitzer.
(00:51) WIDE: Team is given commands to start firing process.
(00:56) MED: Team lead orders howitzer to be fired.
(00:59) MED: Team simulates fire and shell extraction.
(01:06) MED: Team adjusts howitzer placement.
(01:22) MED: Soldiers adjust height of howitzer barrel to firing position.
(01:32) MED, SLOW MOTION: Soldiers fire live round of howitzer.
(01:45) WIDE PAN: Establishing placement of howitzers.
(01:53) CLOSE: Soldiers furiously twist tops of artillery shells.
(02:04) MED: Soldiers bring additional artillery shell boxes. More

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AfricanLionStrongerTogetherTunisian Armed Forcesjoint-service exerciseSETAF-AF1-258 FA More