# Forward Operating Base Geronimo

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{{Infobox military installation
| name = FOB Geronimo
| ensign=Flag of the International Security Assistance Force.svg
| ensign_size=150px
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| location = [Nawa-I-Barakzayi District](/source/Nawa-I-Barakzayi_District), [Helmand Province](/source/Helmand_Province)
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| country = Afghanistan
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| type = [Forward operating base](/source/Forward_operating_base)
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| pushpin_label = FOB Geronimo
| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Afghanistan
| ownership = [International Security Assistance Force](/source/International_Security_Assistance_Force) (ISAF)
| operator = [United States Marine Corps](/source/United_States_Marine_Corps)<br>[Afghan National Army](/source/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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'''FOB Geronimo'''  is a former [Forward operating base](/source/Forward_operating_base) located along the [Helmand River Valley](/source/Helmand_River_Valley) in [Nawa-I-Barakzayi District](/source/Nawa-I-Barakzayi_District), [Helmand Province](/source/Helmand_Province), Afghanistan.  It was originally built for [1st Battalion, 5th Marines](/source/1st_Battalion_5th_Marines) (1/5) by Combat Logistics Battalion 8 (CLB8), of the [United States Marine Corps](/source/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](/source/3rd_Marine_Regiment_(United_States)) 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](/source/History_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps)
*[List of United States Marine Corps installations](/source/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_installations)
*[List of NATO installations in Afghanistan](/source/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
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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