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Mentoring provides solutions to challenging times

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Airmen receive guidance and direction from who is well rounded and who you can trust.”
more experienced Airmen. A career in the Air Force can be challenging.
A mentor can help to ease the challenges and
At Luke Air Force Base, any Airman may guide Airmen to solutions. Mentors are not
take part in mentorship, in the role of a men- WKHUHWRJLYH$LUPHQDGHÀQLWLYHDQVZHUWRD
tor or mentee, to share knowledge, skills, question, but rather to share knowledge that
information and general perspectives to help enables Airmen to make educated decisions
boost an Airman’s growth and understanding themselves.
of Air Force life. “If you’re stressing out, it’d probably be best
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“Mentorship is having someone you can go hard times, a mentor might have techniques
to if you have questions about anything that or answers that can help you. They may have
is bothering you,” said Tech. Sgt. Cassandra gone through similar situations and might
Turnage, 56th Force Support Squadron career know what to do or have ideas you’ve not
GHYHORSPHQW1&2LQFKDUJH´,W·VEHLQJWKDW thought about. Mentors can help by sharing
person an Airman can go to and ask questions what worked and what didn’t for them in their
whether it be about his own specialty code or career paths as well.”
another career path.” ´,I\RXGRQ·WKDYHDPHQWRUÀQGRQHµ7XU-
nage said. “The Air Force is always changing
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website. MyVECTOR is an enterprise solution your career.
that supports the Air Force’s goal to provide “Mentoring and networking are two of the
a standardized process available to all Air- most important things for leaders to embrace,”
men for career development and mentoring. said Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee
Airmen can be proactive about their career James. “Mentoring represents an investment
development and mentoring relationships. — one where we may not know the impact Senior Airman James Hensley
The site has a real-time mentoring plan, dis- XQWLO \HDUV ODWHU 1R PDWWHU \RXU DJH LW·V
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accomplishments and the ability to dialogue “Seek a mentor and be a mentor.” 6TXDGURQFXVWRPHUVHUYLFHWHFKQLFLDQVZKHUHKHVWDQGVLQWDVNVFRPSOHWHG
online with mentors or mentees. A resource RQ$LU)RUFH7UDLQLQJ5HFRUGVRQWKH$LU)RUFHSRUWDODW/XNH$LU)RUFH%DVH
page is also available to assist both parties 0RULQZDVJLYLQJ'DZVRQDGYLFHRQZKDWWDVNVWRFRPSOHWHLQRUGHUIRUKLPWR
with mentoring questions and relationships.
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