Forward Operating Base Geronimo

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| name = FOB Geronimo

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| location = Nawa-I-Barakzayi District, Helmand Province

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| country = Afghanistan

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| type = Forward operating base

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| pushpin_label = FOB Geronimo

| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Afghanistan

| ownership = International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)

| operator = United States Marine Corps
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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 located along the Helmand River Valley in Nawa-I-Barakzayi District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. It was originally built for 1st Battalion, 5th Marines by Combat Logistics Battalion 8 (CLB8), of the United States Marine Corps in 2009.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.{{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}}

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