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| name = FOB Geronimo

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

|___location= Nawa, Afghanistan

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|type= [[Forward operating base|Forward Operating Base]]

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

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|built= July 2009

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| pushpin_label = FOB Geronimo

| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Afghanistan

| ownership = [[International Security Assistance Force]] (ISAF)

|controlledby operator = [[United States Marine Corps]]<br>[[Afghan National Army]] (ANA)

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'''FOB Geronimo''' in [[Afghanistan]] is a military expeditionary base built by theformer [[UnitedForward Statesoperating Marine Corpsbase]]. It is inlocated 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 CurrentlyMarine thereRegiment are(United speculationsStates)|Regimental thatCombat anTeam elite3]] fightingPublic teamAffairs. from 3rd[http://www.marines.mil/unit/iimef/2ndmeb/Pages/FirstMarineRCTinAfghanistanconcludeshistoricdeployment.aspx Bn"First 3rdMarine 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'', ledOctober by26, the2009. infamous (more-than-famous)Retrieved Trinityon 6December 12, will2011.</ref><ref>{{Cite beweb|url=https://exitstrategyafghanistan.blogspot.com/2012/10/month-2-day-29.html|title occupying= theExit FOBStrategy: sometimeMonth in2 theDay summer29|date of= 2010.29 October 2012}}</ref>

==See also==

{{commons 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}}

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

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

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

[[Category:MilitaryUnited basesStates ofMarine theCorps Unitedin Statesthe War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)]]

[[Category:UnitedMilitary Statesinstallations Marine Corpsestablished in the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)2009]]

[[Category:Military installations closed in 2014]]

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