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!

Veterans in Blue 2017 - Willie Ford

3d Audiovisual Squadron

Video by Courtesy

June 1, 2017 | 1:34

Willie Ford joined the Air Force in December 1991 when his small hometown in South Carolina couldn’t provide him the career opportunities he sought. Ford began his career working in vehicle operations, but later crossed trained and became a professional military education instructor. “It helped build character, it gave me a lot of confidence in myself and trust in others, trust in my own abilities and shaped who I am as far as leadership is concerned,” Ford said. The military gave him many opportunities and experiences he otherwise would not have had if he had stayed in South Carolina, and of all the places he traveled, he proclaimed the biggest highlight of his career happened at his first duty station in San Antonio, Texas. It was there where he met his wife, who was also active duty. This year, Mr. and Mrs. Ford went back to San Antonio and visited the spot where they met and the first apartment they shared to commemorate 25 years together. After 20 years of military service, Ford retired in December 2011. He currently works as a professional military education curriculum developer for the Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education, Maxwell Air Force Base - Gunter Annex, Alabama.

Created by: Amn Samuel Contreras, 42 Air Base Wing Public Affairs, Maxwell AFB, Alabama

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