GM correspondent Jeff Romack has sent CompetitionPlus.com a series of photos and updates related the NHRA drivers visiting the military troops abroad. Today's installment includes the group of drivers in their second day of Kuwait as well their visit to Frankfort, Germany.

Day 2 in Kuwait we headed north for the Ali Al Salem Air Base which is about 40 miles from the Iraqi border. It's a Kuwaiti Air Base but it is shared with U.S. Army and Air Forces and it's where a lot of the U.S. troops come for a few days to kind of unwind before flying home. There are these huge, thick concrete bunkers that are visible here that are about 60 feet high, and about 30 yards. These were smashed by US bombs when the Iraqis were ran out after the 1991 war. Understandably, there are also a lot of place where you can't photograph, including some flight-line areas around these bunkers. The first pictures coming your way, though, were taken at the Rec Center at the LSA (Life Support Activities) at Ali Al Salem. This is where the troops watch movies, play video games, catch-up on e-mail, watch football, play cards. There's a McDonalds here and other amenities of home, but at the same time, it's still a long, long way from home. A lot of the troops were getting ready to fly home for Thanksgiving and again, their appreciation for the drivers and the fact that they were there, meant a lot to them. You will see that in the photos and the smiles on the faces of both our drivers and the troops. Our drivers are doing a tremendous job with very little, and at times, no rest (catching catnips during some of the few downtimes we've had) and NHRA fans can be very proud of the way they are representing the sport. 

GM correspondent Jeff Romack has sent CompetitionPlus.com a series of photos and updates related the NHRA drivers visiting the military troops abroad. Today's installment includes the group of drivers in their second day of Kuwait as well their visit to Frankfort, Germany.

Day 2 in Kuwait we headed north for the Ali Al Salem Air Base which is about 40 miles from the Iraqi border. It's a Kuwaiti Air Base but it is shared with U.S. Army and Air Forces and it's where a lot of the U.S. troops come for a few days to kind of unwind before flying home. There are these huge, thick concrete bunkers that are visible here that are about 60 feet high, and about 30 yards. These were smashed by US bombs when the Iraqis were ran out after the 1991 war. Understandably, there are also a lot of place where you can't photograph, including some flight-line areas around these bunkers. The first pictures coming your way, though, were taken at the Rec Center at the LSA (Life Support Activities) at Ali Al Salem. This is where the troops watch movies, play video games, catch-up on e-mail, watch football, play cards. There's a McDonalds here and other amenities of home, but at the same time, it's still a long, long way from home. A lot of the troops were getting ready to fly home for Thanksgiving and again, their appreciation for the drivers and the fact that they were there, meant a lot to them. You will see that in the photos and the smiles on the faces of both our drivers and the troops. Our drivers are doing a tremendous job with very little, and at times, no rest (catching catnips during some of the few downtimes we've had) and NHRA fans can be very proud of the way they are representing the sport. 

Picture of the group taken on the flight line at Ali Al Salem Air Base

Drivers' group at "The Rock" at Ali Al Salem Air Base. Ali Al Salem is nicknamed by the troops here as the Rock because the base sits up high over the Kuwait desert plains and provides a an excellent strategic vantage point.

Jeff Anthony, Jason Line and Fred Simmonds in the hotel lobby of the SAS Radisson  in Kuwait before departing for our 1:15 a.m. Tuesday morning flight  to Frankfurt. Jeff was our tour guide and was great. Literally, from the moment we landed in Kuwait to the moment we were wheels up for Frankfurt, we would have been completely lost without him. The USO gave everyone in the group these slick camo jackets that you see Jason and Fred wearing.

Tuesday morning we left Kuwait City at 1:15 a.m. for the six-hour flight to Frankfurt-Main. There's a two-hour time difference between Kuwait and Germany so our arrival time was around 5:15 a.m. After getting our passports checked and collecting our luggage, we met up with our Special Forces Association reps, Wayne Reed and Sonny Domelsdorf. It was about a 90 min. drive southwest to Ramstein and it was cold compared to where we had been for the previous two day. There was a big temperature change from 85 degrees farenheit in Kuwait, to around 25 degrees farenheit and snow when we landed in Germany. No rest for the weary, though. By 9 a.m. we were off to the 86 Contingency Response Group headquartered at Ramstein under the leadership of Col. Tim Brown. They're a very small, elite tactical group of about 450 highly trained special forces and they proudly wear the motto "Speed Precision Lethality."  This is the first group that goes into an area, and their mission is to set up an air base, establish and prtoect logistical operations, provide security after the airfield has been seized, or if needed, as in the case recently following the Russian invasion of Georgia, go in and set up humanitarian relief operations. The drivers' group spent about 90 minutes there being briefed by each of the specialzied areas and then signed autographs and took pictures.