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!

Bay Pine VA Health Center Adresses PTSD

Defense Media Activity - DoD News Features

Video by Tech. Sgt. Daniel Ashley

Nov. 5, 2015 | 9:52

Soldiers returning from the Vietnam War often found themselves suffering from what we know today as Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD). Little was known about the cause and effect of war and there was a fear of stigma for those who sought help. DoD News recently had a chance to visit the Bay Pines VA Health Center in Florida, where residents take part in a program designed to address trauma symptoms and provide coping skills and understand. More

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