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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.

 

 

GET INVOLVED

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!

 

 
Iowa Airmen build huge fabric structure in preparation for Readiness Training project
185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard
Video by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot
Sept. 28, 2022 | 5:10
B-roll video shows members of the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing building a giant Tension Fabric Structure in Woodbine, Iowa.  The fabric structure will initially be used to house military members traveling to the area as part of a unique readiness training program.

The fabric building assembly is a precursor to an upcoming Innovative Readiness Training project taking place at the Woodbine High School. The IRT program will have military members traveling to Woodbine to help build a new IGNITE Pathways building for the Woodbine Community school.

Woodbine School Superintendent Justin Wagner requested the support of the Department of Defense IRT program to help construct the new IGNITE building. Wagner said he became aware of the IRT program because of his affiliation with the Air National Guard. As a Colonel in the Air National Guard Wagner also serves as the Vice Wing Commander with the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City as a traditional guard member.

The federally funded IRT program was created in the 1990s with the goal of combining military training with civic involvement. The program allows military members to train job related skills, while at the same time provide key services to American communities.

Civil Engineers from the Iowa Air Guard’s 185th ARW set up the privately donated 30,000 square foot structure as part of their annual training. The Civil Engineers are familiar with fabric buildings because they are the same kinds of structures used by the U.S. military around the world. 

After the IGNITE building project is complete next fall, Wagner says the community plans is to use the fabric building as in indoor athletic facility.
 
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Justin Wagner
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INSTALLATION MENTORING CHALLENGE

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In observance of National Mentoring Month, we have a goal of increasing Airman and Guardian mentoring profiles and pairs by 20%. The winning installation will have the opportunity to participate in a virtual mentoring session.