US Marines Artillery Barracks (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

 military, battalion, United States Marine Corps, military reserve force

3rd Battalion 14th Artillery Regt. USMC Reserve
3rd Battalion, 14th Marines and Marine Corps Artillery in Philadelphia

Marine Artillery and the City of Philadelphia have a shared history that stretches through much of the 20th Century. The Marine Corps has roots in Philadelphia beginning with its founding at Tun Tavern on November 10, 1775. Throughout the early history of the Corps, Philadelphia was always a major post.Today 3rd Battalion, 14th Marines represents one of many incarnations of a Marine Artillery presence in Philadelphia since 1930.

Today the flag of 3rd Battalion resides in the Armed Forces Reserve Center, Northeast Philadelphia. From Philadelphia, three artillery batteries are commanded. The battalion is part of the larger 14th Marines, an artillery regiment headquartered in Ft. Worth, Texas. The 3rd Battalion is comprised of over 500 Marines and Sailors and fields eighteen 155mm howitzers each capable of firing various one hundred pound projectiles over ten miles.

Order of Battle

Headquarters Batt - Philadelphia, PA

Battery G - Trenton, NJ

Battery I - Reading PA

Battery H - Richmond, VA

Battery M - Chattanooga, TN

www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usmc/14mar.htm