2nd Battalion 14th Marines

2nd Battalion 14th Marines

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