1st Battalion - 14th Field Artillery Regiment
The 14th Field Artillery constituted 7 September 1927 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 14th Field Artillery, as an element of the 7th Division. The battery activated 1 December 1934 at Fort Riley, Kansas assigned to 7th Division and later 15 July 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia, as an element of the 2d Armored Division .
The battery reorganized and redesignated 8 January 1942 as Battery A, 14th Armored Field Artillery Battalion and again 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 14th Field Artillery, an element of the 2d Armored Division. The unit redesignated 8 July 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 14th Artillery, was relieved 12 May 1967 from assignment to the 2d Armored Division, and was assigned to the 198th Infantry Brigade. The battalion was relieved 15 February 1969 from assignment to the 198th Infantry Brigade and assigned to the 23d Infantry Division. On 1 September 1971, the battalion was redesignated as the 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery. On 30 November 1971, the battalion was reassigned to the 2d Armored Division.
The battalion was inactivated from Garlstedt, Germany on 1 October 1983, and was reorganized and redesignated on 1 March 1987 at Fort Stewart, Georgia. The battalion inactivated on 15 September 1990 but saw a brief reactivation at Fort Hood, Texas in May 1993 where it served until its inactivation in January of 1996. The battalion reactivated 7 June 1996 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma under the 214th Field Artillery Brigade in the IIId Armored Corps Artillery.
The 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery has a long and colorful combat history from its participation in World War II where the unit fought in the United States Army's initial engagements against the "Afrika Korps". The unit also fought in the Sicily campaign that helped drive the Italians out of the war. In 1944 the unit was part of the great allied amphibious assault at Normandy, France and the subsequent drive across northern France that brought an end to the war.
The battalion also participated with distinction in several of the Vietnam campaigns.
During 2000, the "Steel Warriors" of 1-14 FA deployed a leader-heavy O/C package to Korea to help administer 6-37 FA's EXEVAL 1 -14 FA deployed its 0&1 to the NTC with the 1st BCT, 4th IN Division. Additionally, 1-14 FA exchanged a battery with the 2d Royal Canadian Horse Artillery.
