NHRA DRIVERS VISIT KUWAIT
Mon, 2008-11-24 09:00
The group converged in Washington Friday night and departed
Dulles for the 13-hour flight to Kuwait at around 10 p.m. Eastern. We
flew across central and southern Europe, south across the Black Sea
before turning east along the northern coast of Turkey, then south
through Iraq (threading the small Iraqi air-space window between Syria
and Iran), out over the Persian Gulf, arriving in Kuwait City around 6
p.m. (local time) on Saturday. The first thing Sunday morning we were
off to Camp Arifjan, our first stop. Camp Arifjan provides permanent
support facilities for American forces in Kuwait. This photo shows the
driver's group at the camp entrance.
The group converged in Washington Friday night and departed Dulles for the 13-hour flight to Kuwait at around 10 p.m. Eastern. We flew across central and southern Europe, south across the Black Sea before turning east along the northern coast of Turkey, then south through Iraq (threading the small Iraqi air-space window between Syria and Iran), out over the Persian Gulf, arriving in Kuwait City around 6 p.m. (local time) on Saturday. The first thing Sunday morning we were off to Camp Arifjan, our first stop. Camp Arifjan provides permanent support facilities for American forces in Kuwait. This photo shows the driver's group at the camp entrance.
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The commanding officer at Camp Arifjan, Lt. Col. Clint Pendergast, with (Left to right), Fred Simmonds, Jim Yates, Warren Johnson, Jason Line and Cory McClenathan. Each member of the NHRA drivers' group was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation and a commemorative commander's coin from the Lt. Col. on behalf of Area Support Group - Kuwait.
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With a group of Marines at the Camp Arifjan recreation center.
Here's that same group of Marines holding a USO banner. The USO, including Jeff Anthony, the USO tour manager for this trip, has taken excellent care of the drivers' group.
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The drivers met and signed autographs for over 300 soldiers and sailors at the Camp Arifjan Rec Center.
The group departed Camp Arifjan and headed to the Kuwait Naval Base for a briefing by Lt. Col. Bob Lesher, and that was followed a naval boat ride off the southeast coast of Kuwait.
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With Navy hosts at Kuwait Naval Base.
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