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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox military installation<br />
| name = FOB Geronimo<br />
| ensign=Flag of the International Security Assistance Force.svg<br />
| ensign_size=150px<br />
| native_name = <br />
| partof = <br />
| location = [[Nawa-I-Barakzayi District]], [[Helmand Province]]<br />
| nearest_town = <br />
| country = Afghanistan<br />
| image = [[File:FOB Geronimo (Afghanistan) sign 01.jpg|280px]]<br />
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| coordinates = <br />
| type = [[Forward operating base]]<br />
| pushpin_map = Afghanistan<br />
| pushpin_label = FOB Geronimo<br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Afghanistan<br />
| ownership = [[International Security Assistance Force]] (ISAF)<br />
| operator = [[United States Marine Corps]]<br>[[Afghan National Army]] (ANA)<br />
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| built = July {{Start date|2009}}<br />
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| used = 2009-{{End date|2014}}<br />
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| elevation = {{Convert|869|m|0}}<br />
| h1-number =01<br />
| h1-length = {{Convert|30|m|0}}<br />
| h1-surface =Concrete<br />
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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=http://exitstrategyafghanistan.blogspot.com/2012/10/month-2-day-29.html|title = Exit Strategy: Month 2 Day 29|date = 29 October 2012}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
{{commons category|Forward Operating Base Geronimo|FOB Geronimo}}<br />
*[[History of the United States Marine Corps]]<br />
*[[List of United States Marine Corps installations]]<br />
*[[List of NATO installations in Afghanistan#Helmand Province|List of NATO installations in Afghanistan]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Helmand Province]]<br />
[[Category:Military installations of the United States in Afghanistan]]<br />
[[Category:United States Marine Corps bases|Geronimo]]<br />
[[Category:United States Marine Corps in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)]]<br />
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