{{Infobox military installation | name = FOB Geronimo | ensign=Flag of the International Security Assistance Force.svg | ensign_size=150px | native_name = | partof = | location = Nawa-I-Barakzayi District, Helmand Province | nearest_town = | country = Afghanistan | image = 280px | caption = | coordinates = | 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) | controlledby = | site_area = | code = | built = July {{Start date|2009}} | builder = | used = 2009-{{End date|2014}} | height = | materials = | condition = | fate = | battles = | events = | current_commander = <!-- current commander --> | past_commanders = <!-- past notable commander(s) --> | garrison = | occupants = | open_to_public = | website = | IATA = | ICAO = | FAA = | TC = | LID = | GPS = | WMO = | elevation = {{Convert|869|m|0}} | h1-number =01 | h1-length = {{Convert|30|m|0}} | h1-surface =Concrete }}
'''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 (1/5) by Combat Logistics Battalion 8 (CLB8), of the United States Marine Corps in summer of 2009. 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines conducted a relief-in-place with 1/5 in December 2009. <ref>Regimental Combat Team 3 Public Affairs. [https://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=https://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
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Category:Buildings and structures in Helmand Province Category:Military installations of the United States in Afghanistan Geronimo Category:United States Marine Corps in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Category:Military installations established in 2009 Category:Military installations closed in 2014
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