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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 byfor [[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>http{{Cite web|url=https://exitstrategyafghanistan.blogspot.com/2012/10/month-2-day-29.html</ref>|title It= isExit inStrategy: Month 2 Day 29|date = 29 October 2012}}</ref>

==See also==

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==References==

{{Reflist}}

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

[[Category:Military installations 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]]