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!

Gen. Paxton - Gunnery Sgt. Jonathan Gifford Navy Cross Ceremony

Marine Forces, Special Operations Command

Video by Sgt. Scott Achtemeier

June 17, 2014 | 11:42

U.S. Marine Corps General John M. Paxton Jr., Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, awards the Navy Cross Posthumously to Gunnery Sgt. Jonathan Gifford, Critical Skills Operator with 2D Marine Corps Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, at Stone Bay, aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C. June 17, 2014. Gunnery Sgt. Gifford was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on 29 July 2012. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Scott Achtemeier / RELEASED) More

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