14th Marine Regiment (United States)

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14th Marine Regiment
14th Marines insignia
Active	26 November 1918 - 19 June 1919 1 June 1943 - 20 November 1945 1 February 1966 - present
Country	United States
Branch	USMC
Type	Artillery
Role	Provide fires in support of 4th Marine Division
Part of	4th Marine Division Marine Forces Reserve
Garrison/HQ	Fort Worth, Texas
Battles/wars	World War II * Battle of Kwajalein * Battle of Saipan * Battle of Tinian * Battle of Iwo Jima Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm Operation Iraqi Freedom
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Paul J. O’Leary, Jr.

The 14th Marine Regiment (14th Marines) is a reserve artillery regiment of the United States Marine Corps comprised of four firing battalions and a headquarters battalion. The regiment is based in Fort Worth, Texas however its units are dispersed among 19 different sites in 13 states. Its primary weapon system is the M198 Howitzer with a maximum effective range of 30km however two of its battalions will be converted to fire the HIMARS weapon system.

1 Mission
2 Current units
3 History
4 See also
5 Notes
6 References

[edit] Mission

14th Marine Regiment provides the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) with a Force Artillery Headquarters in order to command, control, and coordinate Force Artillery delivered fires. On order, 14th Marines assumes the civil military operations mission for the MAGTF with focus on coordinating and achieving unity of effort among all forces and non-military organizations participating in stability operations in the MAGTF’s battle space. ^[1]