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| name = FOB Geronimo

| ensign=Flag of the International Security Assistance Force.svg

|___location= Nawa, Afghanistan

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|image= [[File:FOB Geronimo (Afghanistan) sign 01.jpg|280px]]

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| ___location = [[Nawa-I-Barakzayi District]], [[Helmand Province]]

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'''FOB Geronimo''' is a former [[Forward operating base]] located along the [[Helmand River Valley]] in [[Nawa-I-Barakzayi District]], [[Helmand Province]], Afghanistan. It was originally built for [[1st Battalion 5th Marines|1st Battalion, 5th Marines]] by Combat Logistics Battalion 8 (CLB8), of the [[United States Marine Corps]] in 2009.<ref>[[3rd Marine Regiment (United States)|Regimental Combat Team 3]] Public Affairs. [http://www.marines.mil/unit/iimef/2ndmeb/Pages/FirstMarineRCTinAfghanistanconcludeshistoricdeployment.aspx "First Marine RCT in Afghanistan concludes historic deployment] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202050446/http://www.marines.mil/unit/iimef/2ndmeb/Pages/FirstMarineRCTinAfghanistanconcludeshistoricdeployment.aspx |date=December 2, 2009 }}, ''Marines.mil website'', October 26, 2009. Retrieved on December 12, 2011.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://exitstrategyafghanistan.blogspot.com/2012/10/month-2-day-29.html|title = Exit Strategy: Month 2 Day 29|date = 29 October 2012}}</ref>

'''FOB Geronimo''' in [[Afghanistan]] is a military expeditionary base built by the [[United States Marine Corps]]. It is in along the [[Helmand River Valley]] in [[Nawa-I-Barakzayi District]]. It was originally built by [[1st Battalion 5th Marines|1st Battalion, 5th Marines]] in 2009.

==See also==

{{commonscatcommons category|Forward Operating Base Geronimo|FOB Geronimo}}

*[[History of the United States Marine Corps]]

*[[List of United States Marine Corps installations]]

*[[List of NATO installations in Afghanistan#Helmand Province|List of NATO installations in Afghanistan]]

==References==

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{{Reflist}}

[[categoryCategory:Buildings and structures in Helmand Province]]

[[Category:Military basesinstallations of the United States in Afghanistan]]

[[Category:United States Marine Corps bases|Geronimo]]

[[Category:United States Marine Corps in the War in Afghanistan (2001–present2001–2021)]]

[[Category:Military installations established in 2009]]

[[Category:Military installations closed in 2014]]

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