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!

Fathomwerx Innovation Lab - Virtual Tour

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division

Video by Marco Hinahon

June 3, 2021 | 3:24

Fathomwerx Laboratory is in Ventura County, California, which is home to a diverse and geographically rich environment that includes public and private universities, a high technology corridor and Naval
Base Ventura County.

The naval base includes Point Mugu, Port Hueneme and San Nicolas Island—serving the Pacific Fleet as an all-in-one mobilization site, deep water port, railhead and airfield. The base includes more than 100 tenant commands as well as three major warfare centers (Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division; Naval Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center and Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division).

NavalX Ventura Tech Bridge, one of the Navy’s nationwide Naval Agility (NavalX) network of partners, is at the Fathomwerx laboratory at the Port of Hueneme in Ventura County. Fathomwerx formed in 2019 as a public-private consortium and resource for technical innovation and capability transition. The lab includes 60,000 square feet of space focused on rapid innovation, disruption and audacious projects with support engagement, education, experimentation and assessment designed to connect operational stakeholders with technical subject matter experts who might assist in developing solutions to address operational needs. Through strategic partnerships within the region, the Fathomwerx consortium conducts programs that evaluate developing technologies against operational needs in the port and maritime domains, and suggests pathways for engagement, funding, collaboration and implementation.

Facilities
The lab consists of 20,000 square feet dedicated to testing, prototyping and innovation; and 40,000 square feet of flex spaces for demonstrations, events and exercises.
Lab facilities include:
• Workspaces
• Large tool work stations
• 75,000-gallon above-ground pool for a controlled test environment

Equipment
The lab also houses industrial equipment including:
• 3D plastics and metal printers
• Weather tester
• Microclimate chamber
• Oven and humidity cabinet
• Hazmat cabinets
• Drone Cage

Video Credits:
Marco Hinahon
Michael Darnall
Eric Osborne More

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