By SETH ROBSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 30, 2021 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – Teenagers are zooming around a newly renovated skate park at the home of U.S. Forces Japan in western Tokyo after convincing the base commander to approve the work. The skate park, on the east side of the base, was torn down last year after damaged asphalt and rusting equipment rendered it unsafe. No funding was available to restore the park. However, Yokota High School freshman and Boy Scout Thomas Vogeley, 15, and Yokota Middle School seventh-grader Ben Wellons, 13, managed to reverse that decision. Both are avid skaters and Boy Scouts.
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By STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 19, 2021 A firefighter at Misawa Air Base is the 2020 Military Firefighter of Year for the Air Force and will compete for the overall Department of Defense title, according to the 35th Fighter Wing at Misawa. Staff Sgt. Journey Collier, originally from a small town in Oregon, is a firefighter with the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron and has served four years at Misawa, according to a news release. “I feel like I’m just doing my job and what’s expected of me,” the wing quoted her as saying. “My only goal is to try to make sure I’m not making the day harder for anybody else and making our 48-hour shifts a little more enjoyable. I want to be someone that’s reliable and dependable for my team.