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Airmen Lead with Speed

  • Published
  • By Senior Airman Tabatha Zarrella
  • 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. --  Shaw's 5/6 Club held the first 'speed mentoring' session at the Chief Master Sgt. Emerson Williams Dining Facility, March 25.

The mentoring sessions are forecasted to be scheduled quarterly and are beginning Air Force wide to help answer questions from younger Airmen to help them succeed in today's Air Force.

"For the first session it turned out great," said Staff Sgt. Kevin Seney, 20th Comptroller Squadron accounting technician. "We put together a mentor event to help Airmen with topics that directly affect them, the overview of topics actually came from Airmen with the Rising Four."

The 5/6 Club is a non-profit private organization designed to enhance the NCO corps. The Rising Four is a non-profit private organization led by senior airmen and below with the goal to focus on development and leadership.

The event was intended for Airmen in the grades of E-1 to E-4, each individual session lasted about four minutes and consisted of topics such as: retraining, area defense council, senior airman below the zone, five levels of leadership, the officer commissioning programs, stepping forward, awards and decorations and personal experiences.

"I think this event was extremely helpful, to not only me as a new Airman, but for all Airmen here at Shaw," said Airman 1st Class Sharoon Kashif, 20th CPTS accounting technician. "I believe it's important to get Airmen out of their comfort zones and talk about topics that will help them gain knowledge about things that apply to them."

Each of the mentors gave Airmen business cards with their contact information in case they wanted to discuss their highlighted topic further. The mentors ranks ranged from SSgt. to Capt., giving experiences from the enlisted and commissioned side.

"I hope each quarter there is good of a turnout as today's," Seney said. "Airmen need to take advantage of mentoring sessions, because it can help them at any time during their career, I know mentoring has helped me throughout my career so far."

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Airmen Lead with Speed

  • Published
  • By Senior Airman Tabatha Zarrella
  • 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. --  Shaw's 5/6 Club held the first 'speed mentoring' session at the Chief Master Sgt. Emerson Williams Dining Facility, March 25.

The mentoring sessions are forecasted to be scheduled quarterly and are beginning Air Force wide to help answer questions from younger Airmen to help them succeed in today's Air Force.

"For the first session it turned out great," said Staff Sgt. Kevin Seney, 20th Comptroller Squadron accounting technician. "We put together a mentor event to help Airmen with topics that directly affect them, the overview of topics actually came from Airmen with the Rising Four."

The 5/6 Club is a non-profit private organization designed to enhance the NCO corps. The Rising Four is a non-profit private organization led by senior airmen and below with the goal to focus on development and leadership.

The event was intended for Airmen in the grades of E-1 to E-4, each individual session lasted about four minutes and consisted of topics such as: retraining, area defense council, senior airman below the zone, five levels of leadership, the officer commissioning programs, stepping forward, awards and decorations and personal experiences.

"I think this event was extremely helpful, to not only me as a new Airman, but for all Airmen here at Shaw," said Airman 1st Class Sharoon Kashif, 20th CPTS accounting technician. "I believe it's important to get Airmen out of their comfort zones and talk about topics that will help them gain knowledge about things that apply to them."

Each of the mentors gave Airmen business cards with their contact information in case they wanted to discuss their highlighted topic further. The mentors ranks ranged from SSgt. to Capt., giving experiences from the enlisted and commissioned side.

"I hope each quarter there is good of a turnout as today's," Seney said. "Airmen need to take advantage of mentoring sessions, because it can help them at any time during their career, I know mentoring has helped me throughout my career so far."