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!

AFWERX Refinery Progam

Air Force Research Laboratory

Video by Dennis L Stewart

July 8, 2025 | 2:12

The AFWERX Refinery is a fast-paced innovation accelerator designed for Airmen and Guardians. Selected teams join a 2–6 week cohort where they receive mentorship, stakeholder connections, and a curriculum inspired by “lean startup” principles. Through expert guidance—from acquisition and sustainment advisors to policy and engineering experts—participants refine prototypes, build partnerships, and create a 6–12 month adoption plan ("flight plan"). Alumni continue to receive support post-program, ensuring hurdles are addressed during fielding. The goal: develop world-class innovators and transition tactical prototypes into operational use across the force. (U.S. Air Force video by Dennis Stewart) More

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