Lineage
Constituted 3 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 214th Field Artillery Group
- Activated 17 April 1944 at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi
- Inactivated 13 November 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi
- Redesignated 15 September 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 214th Artillery Group, and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 15 October 1958 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
- Redesignated 15 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 214th Field Artillery Group
- Redesignated 16 September 1979 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 214th Field Artillery Brigade
- Reorganized and redesignated 18 September 2006 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 214th Fires Brigade
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Till sun is powerless to decoy
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