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{{Short description|American Military Firebase}}
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[[Image:Firebase Phoenix overlooking the Korengal Valley.jpg|thumb|The view from a gun position at Firebase Phoenix overlooking the [[Korengal valley]]]]
 
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|title = Task Force Rock Prepares to Tame Afghanistan’sAfghanistan's ‘Valley'Valley of Fire’Fire'
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|author = Spc. [[Jon H. Arguello]]
|date = 9 July 2007
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|date = 18 June 2007
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The valley is 20&nbsp;km from the Pakistani border, northwest of the [[Khyber Pass]] and northeast of [[Tora Bora]].
 
One of the purposes of the Firebase was 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.”▼
 
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“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 very little resemblance to the actual Firebase Phoenix. The in game version portrayed the FSB to be located in a desert rather than a green valley.
 
Firebase Phoenix was also featured in the National Geographic movie ''[[Restrepo (film)|Restrepo]]'' focusing on the 2nd 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}}
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