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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.

 

 

GET INVOLVED

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!

 

 
188th Wing UPAD continues to deliver Hurricane Florence support
188th Wing
Video by Tech. Sgt. John Hillier, Staff Sgt. Matthew Matlock
Sept. 20, 2018 | 1:59
Since September 13, the Arkansas Air National Guard’s 188th Wing Unclassified Processing, Assessment and Dissemination (UPAD) has provided critical information and analysis to aid Hurricane Florence relief efforts in both North and South Carolina.

The 188th Wing’s UPAD allows Airmen to rapidly analyze imagery from a variety of platforms, including satellites as well as manned or unmanned aircraft, and distribute tailored reports to meet mission requirements. The Airmen also have the ability to overlay post-incident imagery products and graphical overlays with pre-incident damage assessment products.

“Because UPAD analysts come from various Intelligence backgrounds, they have the skill sets to provide data, using analytical skills they already use during military operations,” said Capt. Joshua Westmoreland, UPAD officer in charge. “Our analysts are a mix of full-time and part-time Guardsmen, many of whom, like myself, have taken time from their civilian jobs and families to help fellow Americans in need.”

The 188th Wing’s UPAD is one of five sites across the Air National Guard that have been activated in response to the storm, and was the first to volunteer its capabilities. Since operations began on September 13, the analysts have produced over 360 products used by agencies on the ground to evaluate potential threats, including the closure of Interstate 40 in North Carolina.

“I-40 is a major corridor for that area.” said Master Sgt. Jeremy Gillingham, UPAD NCO in charge. “It’s important for people to know when they can safely go home.”

The UPAD previously activated in response to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in September 2017. 188th Airmen supplied more than 2800 information products including damage and debris assessments, evacuation route assessments, lines of communication assessments, vantage point assessments for air traffic control teams, and flood potential assessments. Those responses were in addition to the mission performed here every day accomplishing national military objectives around the globe. More

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INSTALLATION MENTORING CHALLENGE

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In observance of National Mentoring Month, we have a goal of increasing Airman and Guardian mentoring profiles and pairs by 20%. The winning installation will have the opportunity to participate in a virtual mentoring session.