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| name = FOB Geronimo
| ensign=Flag of the International Security Assistance Force.svg
| ensign_size=150px
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| location = [[Nawa-I-Barakzayi District]], [[Helmand Province]]
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| country = Afghanistan
| image = [[File:FOB Geronimo (Afghanistan) sign 01.jpg|280px]]
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| coordinates = {{Coord|31|07|58|N|064|11|22|E|region:AF_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| type = [[Forward operating base]]
| pushpin_map = Afghanistan
| pushpin_label = FOB Geronimo
| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Afghanistan
| ownership = [[International Security Assistance Force]] (ISAF)
| operator = [[United States Marine Corps]]<br>[[Afghan National Army]] (ANA)
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| built = July {{Start date|2009}}
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| used = 2009-{{End date|2014}}
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| elevation = {{Convert|869|m|0}}
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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>

==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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[[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 (2001–2021)]]


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