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| name = FOB Geronimo

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

|___location= [[Nawa-I-Barakzayi District]], Afghanistan

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|image= FOB Geronimo (Afghanistan) sign 01.jpg

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

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| country = Afghanistan

|built= July 2009

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|used= 2009–present

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|controlledby= [[United States Marine Corps]]

| type = [[Forward operating base]]

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

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

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'''FOB Geronimo''' is a former [[Forward operating base]] located along the [[Helmand River Valley]] in [[AfghanistanNawa-I-Barakzayi District]], is[[Helmand aProvince]], militaryAfghanistan. expeditionary baseIt was originally built by [[1st Battalion 5th Marines|1st Battalion, 5th Marines]] 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://exitstrategyafghanistan.blogspot.com/2012/10/month-2-day-29.html</ref> It is in along the [[Helmand River Valley]] in [[Nawa-I-Barakzayi District]], [[Helmand Province]]. It was originally built by [[1st Battalion 5th Marines|1st Battalion, 5th Marines]] in 2009.

==See also==

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

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

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

==References==