The 14th Marine Regiment (14th Marines) is a reserve artillery regiment of the United States Marine Corps comprising 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.

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.

Current units

• Headquarters Battery (HQ/14) - Fort Worth, Texas
• 1st Battalion 14th Marines (1/14) - Alameda, California
• 2nd Battalion 14th Marines (2/14) - Grand Prairie, Texas
• 3rd Battalion 14th Marines (3/14) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 4th Battalion 14th Marines (4/14) - Bessemer, Alabama
• 5th Battalion 14th Marines (5/14) - Seal Beach, California

4/14 has been redesignated as the Anti-Terror Bn for the 4th Marine Division. It is the only remaining AT Bn in the Marine Corps. Located in Bessemer, Alabama, are the H&S Co, Support Co and E Co. Other companies/Dets are located in Rochester, NY, Chicopee, MA, Tallahassee, FL, Reno, NV, Lafayette, LA.

Missions that the AT Bn has engaged in have been security operations and details in Iraq and the Horn of Africa at Camp Lemonier.

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