Firebase Fiddler's Green
{{Infobox Military Structure
|name= Fiddler's Green
|image = File:Fiddler's Green (Helmand Province, Afghanistan) P004.jpg
|caption = Fiddler's Green in September 2009
|location= Nawa, Afghanistan
|type= Fire base
|built= July 2009
|used= 2009–2021
|controlledby= Afghan Armed Forces
}}
Fiddler's Green was an expeditionary fire base in Afghanistan built by the United States Marine Corps. It was located off Route 605 in Nawa-I-Barakzayi District of Helmand Province near the border with Pakistan at what the Marine Corps considered a "chokepoint to Taliban activity."Sanchez, Matt. [https://www.foxnews.com/story/as-death-toll-rises-marines-stay-focused-in-afghanistan "As Death Toll Rises, Marines Stay Focused in Afghanistan"], FOX News Network website, July 9, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2024. It was originally built by the 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines in 2009 for Operation Strike of the Sword.
It was built on a flood plain, requiring Marine engineers to make improvements to the
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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 in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)