en 2nd Battalion, 14th Marines

2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment
2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment
	2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment insignia
Active	26 Mar 1943 – 15 Nov 1945 1 Jul 1962 – present;
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Marine Corps
Type	Artillery
Role	Artillery of 4th Marine Division
Part of	14th Marine Regiment; 4th Marine Division
Garrison/HQ	Grand Prairie, Texas
Engagements	World War II Battle of Kwajalein; Battle of Tinian; Battle of Iwo Jima; Operation Desert Storm; Global War on Terror Iraq War;
Commanders
Current; commander	LtCol Adam Hudson
Notable; commanders	Clifford B. Drake

2nd Battalion, 14th Marines (2/14) is a reserve artillery battalion comprising three firing batteries and a headquarters battery. The battalion headquarters is in Grand Prairie, Texas. In 2006 the battalion became the first fully operational HIMARS battalion in the Marine Corps. Fox Battery, based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. was deployed in July 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and has the distinction of being the first Marine Corps HIMARS battery to deploy into combat.

Mission

Augment and reinforce active Marine forces in time of war, national emergency or contingency operations.

Current units

Headquarters Battery – Grand Prairie, Texas
Battery D (Delta Battery) – El Paso, Texas
Battery F (Fox Battery) – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Battery K (Kilo Battery) – Huntsville, Alabama

History

The battalion was commissioned on 26 March 1943 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.^[1] On 19 August 1943, 2/14 was assigned to the 14th Marine Regiment.^[1] During January 1944, 2/14 was deployed to the Marshall Islands and participated in the following World War II Pacific campaigns: Battle of Kwajalein, Battle of Tinian and the Battle of Iwo Jima. They were redeployed during October 1945 to Camp Pendleton, California and deactivated on 15 November 1945.

The 2/14 was reactivated on 1 July 1962 at NAS Dallas in Grand Prairie, Texas.^[2] In February 1966, 2/14 was assigned to the 4th Marine Division as part of Marine Forces Reserve. They relocated to a standalone reserve facility near downtown Fort Worth, Texas in 1988. In March 2000 they returned to Grand Prairie, Texas at the Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex.

The battalion participated in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, Southwest Asia, November 1990 – April 1991. 2/14 has additionally deployed batteries in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

Unit awards

A unit citation or commendation is an award bestowed upon an organization for the action cited. Members of the unit who participated in said actions are allowed to wear on their uniforms the awarded unit citation. 2nd Battalion, 14th Marines has been presented with the following awards:^[3]

Award	Year(s)	Additional Info
Presidential Unit Citation Streamer	1944	Saipan & Tinian
Navy Unit Commendation Streamer with one Bronze Star	1945	Iwo Jima
Meritorious Unit Commendation Streamer	1990–91	Southwest Asia
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Streamer with four Bronze Stars		Kwajalein, Saipan, Tinian, Iwo Jima
World War II Victory Streamer	1941–1945	Pacific War
National Defense Service Streamer with two Bronze Stars	1961–1974, 1990–1995, 2001–present	Vietnam War, Gulf War, War on Terrorism
Iraq Campaign Streamer		2007–08
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Streamer
Global War on Terrorism Service Streamer	2001–present

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Rottman 2002, pp. 201.
^ Brown 1990, pp. 61–62.
^ "Lineage and Honors of 2/14" (PDF). United States Marie Corps History Division. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Marine Corps.
Bibliography

Brown, Ronald J. (1990). A Brief History of the 14th Marines (PDF). Washington, D.C.: History & Museums Divisions, Headquarters United States Marine Corps.
Rottman, Gordon L. (2002). U.S. Marine Corps World War II Order of Battle – Ground and Air Units in the Pacific War. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313319065.