It took the Bullies a few days to make the relatively short journey from Vicenza, Italy to FOB Langham in Qalat, Afghanistan (Zabol province). Here are some pictures from their travels to Afghanistan and others showing what they did the first few days they arrived.



The flight to Afghanistan was spacious and comfortable.

  



For some it was more comfortable than for others.



But for everyone, it was great to finally walk off the plane and be in Afghanistan.

  



The bullies arrived to Manas, Kyrgystan with lots of baggage.


The bully gun team leaders.

  


The PL poses for one final picture in Italy. Arrivederci!



Wrobel relaxes in Italy before boarding the plane.

  



The PL laughs as he gets yelled at again for wearing his cover indoors.



Helicopters stage to airlift the bullies to their forward operating base in Qalat.

  


(Lots of helicopters, that is)


Bullies recieve a commo class in Afghanistan.
  


SSG Pratt tells PFC Rux to get it up, get it on, and move out!


The PL clowning around with his new "Punisher" unit patch.

  


PFC Bestul hard at work squaring away Platoon commo.


SPC Myers caught off guard by a camera sniper.
  


SPC Espinosa hard at work cleaning his weapon.


Owen is distracted as he cleans Afghani dust from the bolt of his weapon.

  


SGT Bruens sporting his Wiley-X's on a sunny Afghanistan day.


SGT Orban says, "Gimme the next mission, Sir."
  


3rd squad leadership instilling confidence in everyone they encounter.



SPC Nix gets some downtime after a long guard shift.

  



SPC Boozer practices killing Taliban on his XBox.


SGT Holbrook ready to roll out on a mounted patrol.


  


SPC Canales locked and loaded on the 240B, SPC Johnson looks on ready to snipe.


SPC Husketh takes aim with the .50 cal


  


SPC Geopfert is ready to drive...NASCAR style!


A castle built by Alexander the Great...in our backyard.

  


PFC Bestul looking huge after coming back from the gym.


SFC Cavataio after a hard day of work...dreaming about what modifications he is going to do to his Mustang.

  


Night time in Manas...check out what it looked like the next day (below)!


The snow is melted and the bullies are ready to pull some serious pranks.
  


Bully soldiers waiting for a flight to Afghanistan.


Bully Brothers.

  


Clowning at Manas.


Charlie Daniels posses with some of his favorite American Soldiers.


  


In the compnay of Bullies, Charlie Daniels contemplates a new song: Devil went down to Afghanistan.


Charlie Daniels signed some PCs after the bullies put him in a headlock.

  


The bullies are ready to conquer the Himalayas.


Flying over the Himalayas.

  


A typical Bully living space.


SGT Schaffer gets a barracks haircutt from one of his fellow team leaders.

  


SGT Marker is getting ready for a snowball fight.


The bullies stop for a picture with the first children they meet in Afghanistan.