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{{Short description|American Military Firebase}}
[[Image:Firebase Phoenix overlooking the Korengal Valley.jpg|thumb|The view from a gun position at Firebase Phoenix overlooking the [[Korengal valley]]. Paratroopers from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, occupy several small firebases along the valley in one of the most hard-fought areas in Afghanistan's Regional Command - East area of responsibility.]]
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[[Image:Laser range finder, firebase phoenix, 20070610.jpg|thumb|U.S. Army Pfc. Mathew Moreno, 2nd Platoon, Battle Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), looks through a Lightweight [[Laser designator]] [[Rangefinder]] at Firebase Phoenix in Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, 10 June 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brandon Aird]]
[[Image:Firebase Phoenix overlooking the Korengal Valley.jpg|thumb|The view from a gun position at Firebase Phoenix overlooking the [[Korengal valley]]]]
 
'''Firebase Phoenix''' iswas a small American [[fire support base|firebase]] in the [[Korengal valley]] in [[Kunar Province]], Afghanistan.<ref name=MilitaryConnection20070709>
{{cite news
| url = http://www.militaryconnection.com/news/july-2007/valley-of-fire.htm
| title = Task Force Rock Prepares to Tame Afghanistan’sAfghanistan's ‘Valley'Valley of Fire’Fire'
| publisher = [[American Forces Press Service]]
| author = Spc. [[Jon H. Arguello]]
| date = 9 July 2007
| accessdate = 17 February 2008
|url-status = dead
| quote=
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110714093924/http://www.militaryconnection.com/news/july-2007/valley-of-fire.htm
|archivedate = 14 July 2011
}}</ref><ref name=DefendAmerica20070517>
{{cite news
| url = http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/jun2007/a061807ej1.html
| title = Battle Company Makes Presence Known
| publisher = [[173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team]] Public Affairs
| author = Sgt. [[Brandon Aird]]
| date = 18 June 2007
| accessdate = 10 February 2008
|url-status = dead
| quote=
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080605023833/http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/jun2007/a061807ej1.html
|archivedate = 5 June 2008
}}</ref>
The valley is 20km20&nbsp;km from the Pakistani border, northwest of the [[Khyber Pass]], northeatand northeast of [[Tora Bora]].
 
One of the purposes of the Firebase iswas to guard and help facilitate those rebuilding the [[Pesh River Road|Pech River Road]].
The ''[[American Forces Press Service]]'' quoted [[Sergeant first class]] [[Jose Magaña]]<ref name=MilitaryConnection20070709/>:
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“I hope they know by now why they are here. To look out outside the base and see people doing things, selling things, kids going to schools, even girls, that’s why we’re here, so that the Afghan people can do things many take for granted. It’s not easy to bear all the sacrifices these soldiers are making, but their role is historic in granting people the same freedoms we have at home.”▼
 
▲“I{{blockquote|I hope they know by now why they are here. To look out outside the base and see people doing things, selling things, kids going to schools, even girls, that’s why we’re here, so that the Afghan people can do things many take for granted. It’s not easy to bear all the sacrifices these soldiers are making, but their role is historic in granting people the same freedoms we have at home.”
“Our job is to secure an area of the [[Pech River]] road. The strategic location and purpose of this road make it very valuable. We need to ensure the road’s progress moves forward. This road will improve the lives of the people who live here, enhance the Afghan security forces’ ability to control the area and stimulate economic and social development.”▼
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▲“OurOur job is to secure an area of the [[PechPesh River]] road. The strategic location and purpose of this road make it very valuable. We need to ensure the road’s progress moves forward. This road will improve the lives of the people who live here, enhance the Afghan security forces’forces' ability to control the area and stimulate economic and social development.”<ref name=MilitaryConnection20070709/>
==In popular culture==
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Firebase Phoenix was featured in the first mission of the [[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]] campaign in the mission S.S.D.D. where PFC Allen trained on a simulated course, although the in-game version bore little resemblance to the actual Firebase Phoenix (it was surrounded by desert, rather than greenery, for instance).
 
Firebase Phoenix was also featured in the National Geographic movie ''[[Restrepo (film)|Restrepo]]'' focusing on the Second Platoon, B Company, 2nd Battalion, [[503rd Infantry Regiment (United States)|503rd Infantry Regiment]] of the [[173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team]] in the [[Korangal Valley]].
 
==References==
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{{Kunar Province}}
 
{{Coord missing|Afghanistan}}
 
[[Category:Military basesinstallations of the United States in Afghanistan]]▼
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▲[[Category:Military bases of the United States in Afghanistan]]
[[Category:Kunar Province]]
[[Category:Fire support bases]]
 
 
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