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!

Parade in Charlotte, Michigan to honor Army Veteran with Terminal Cancer

Michigan National Guard

Video by Sgt. James R Bennett

Sept. 19, 2020 | 3:09

U.S. Army veteran Thomas Shumaker, a single father with terminal cancer, had a parade held in his honor on September 19, 2020. His daughter Brianna Forist called the Michigan National Guard Public Affairs Office 2 weeks prior and several people answered the call. Over 50 vehicles came out to the parade, including the Dewitt Chapter of the Blue Star Mothers, Charlotte MI American Legion freedom riders, the 40 et 8 honor club brought their train, local emergency services had ambulances and fire trucks, the Eaton County Sheriff had a patrol car bringing in the end of the convoy. Tow trucks, Jeeps, the extremely patriotic trucks from the Heroes Operation were also in full force, along with over a dozen classic cars, all polished and waxed for display. Daniel Shinaver a Buddy to Buddy Volunteer Coordinator and his wife Dawn from the Michigan Veterans Trust Fund helped make calls to invite various groups, along with Rebecca Allen from the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency, with her husband Captain Cameron Allen from the Michigan Army National Guard attending with children to bring joy to the day. Veterans from the Vietnam, Korean War and Iraq and Afghanistan eras showed up and paid tribute to Mr. Shumaker and personally thanked him for his service with a handshake embracing our Soldier For Life mentality.

Also covering this event, was local news channel WLNS TV 6, airing a segment on their 6pm broadcast that day. More

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American LegionMichigan National GuardSoldier for LifeMichigan Veterans Affairs Agency40 et 8Buddy to BuddyMichigan Veterans Trust Fund More