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Photography lover

Tela Royston, a Navy Gateway Inns & Suites program analyst, takes a photo of Lake Ogawara at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 29, 2019. Photography is another one of Royston’s favorite hobbies in Misawa. Royston enjoys Misawa City’s scenery along with meeting new friends and learning about their culture. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Xiomara M. Martinez)
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Reading through the lines

Tela Royston, a Navy Gateway Inns & Suites program analyst, reads "The Hobbit" at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 29, 2019. Royston believes the move to Misawa provided her family with an opportunity to immerse themselves in the Japanese culture and embrace Japan’s hiking, camping, photography, beaches, fishing and shopping. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Xiomara M. Martinez)
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Reading on a sunny day

Tela Royston, a Navy Gateway Inns & Suites program analyst, reads "The Hobbit" at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 29, 2019. Royston believes the move to Misawa provided her family an opportunity to immerse themselves in the Japanese culture and embrace Japan’s hiking, camping, photography, beaches, fishing and shopping. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Xiomara M. Martinez)
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Reading is succeeding

Tela Royston, a Navy Gateway Inns & Suites program analyst, pauses for a photo while reading "The Hobbit" at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 29, 2019. Reading is one of Roston's favorite hobbies in Misawa. She has read more than 300 books and visits the bookstore weekly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Xiomara M. Martinez)
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Gorge visit

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Aaron Royston, Sr., the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron ground transportation operations center NCO in charge, Tela Royston, a Navy Gateway Inns & Suites program analyst, and Aaron Royston, Jr., their son pose for a photo at the Oirase Gorge, in near Towada, Japan, in October 2017. Tela and Aaron, Sr., became friends in a 2006 geology class at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. The pair dated for eight months before marrying in August 2008. (Courtesy photo)
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Hachinohe trip

Tela Royston, a Navy Gateway Inns & Suites program analyst, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Aaron Royston, Sr., right, the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron ground transportation operations center NCO in charge, and their son, Aaron Royston, Jr. pause for a photo at Tanesashi Coast, in Hachinohe, Japan, in October 2017. Since becoming a spouse, Tela has moved to four bases including Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Maryland, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, and Misawa Air Base, Japan. (Courtesy Photo)
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Weather watching

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Anthony Ohara, a 35th Operations Support Squadron weather forecaster, examines a weather cycle during RED FLAG-Alaska 17-2, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 16, 2017. Weather cycles are used to forecast several days out and determine how different factors of the climate will affect each flight mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
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Multinational briefing

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Anthony Ohara, a 35th Operations Support Squadron weather forecaster, gives a mass briefing on the current climate happenings during RED FLAG-Alaska 17-2 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 16, 2017. During the exercise, Ohara and his coworker, Senior Airman Joseph Goebel, a 35th OSS weather forecaster, briefed participants of RF-A 17-2 from both Eielson AFB and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, using video calls. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
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Ready to brief

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Goebel, a 35th Operations Support Squadron weather forecaster, waits to give his climate brief during a stand-up meeting during RED FLAG-Alaska 17-2, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 16, 2017. For each mission, Misawa's weather flight personnel informed all pilots of the wind patterns as well as storm possibilities, including those based at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
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Cloudy with a chance of jets

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Goebel, left, and Airman 1st Class Anthony Ohara, right, both 35th Operations Support Squadron weather forecasters, analyze climate patterns during RED FLAG-Alaska 17-2 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 16, 2017. Goebel and Ohara were in charge of running the weather flight for RF-A, which consisted of seven other Air National Guardsman from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
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Team working weather weasels

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Anthony Ohara, a 35th Operations Support Squadron weather forecaster, briefs Royal Danish Army Capt. Andreas Otterstoem, a 116th Air Support Operations Squadron joint terminal attack controller, on the weather forecast for the day during RED FLAG-Alaska 17-2, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 16, 2017. Misawa's weather Airmen briefed other nations including the Royal Thai Air Force, Republic of Korea and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
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“Airmanitis” shares comedic glimpse at Team Misawa

“Airmanitis” is Team Misawa’s official comic strip written and drawn by U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kelly Coats, a 35th Operations Support Squadron airfield manager, at Misawa Air Base, Japan. The comic strip started nearly a year ago from initial production discussion to actual implementation and shares the commander’s messaging in a humorous way that connects with Misawa personnel and their families. Not only does the comic strip increase the base’s overall morale, but is Coats’ stress relief and lends to her overall resiliency as a warfighter. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Tech. Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton)
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Her best friend, her sister, Kristy

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kelly Coats, a 35th Operations Support Squadron airfield manager, takes a selfie with her sister, Kristy, several years ago in Glendale, Arizona. Coats joined the Air Force because she wanted to be just like her sister. Kristy is eight years older than Coats and has four children but always claims Coats as one of her own. Whenever she needs someone to talk to, Kristy is Coats’ first resource and lends to her overall resiliency as a warfighter and member of Team Misawa. (Courtesy photo by Kelly Coats)
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Quick sketch

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kelly Coats, a 35th Operations Support Squadron airfield manager, sketches a dragon in her dorm room for fun at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 23, 2017. Coats draws anything form dragons to knights in shining armor to the base’s comic strip, “Airmanitis.” She said drawing is what gets her up in the morning and what relaxes her at the end of the day—it’s how she maintains her resiliency as a warfighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton)
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Airfield manager controls runway

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kelly Coats, a 35th Operations Support Squadron airfield manager, poses for a photo on the flight line at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 25, 2017. In her capacity, Coats cares for the maintenance of runways, lighting and other airfield components and systems, and helps ensure all takeoffs and landings can proceed without incident. When she’s not working, she’s drawing the base’s comic strip, “Airmanitis.” Coats’ art is her escape from reality lending to her resiliency as a warfighter in the Pacific theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton)
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