Commanding Officer

14th Marine Regiment

Colonel Alan L. Orr

           Commissioned 20 December, 1986.  Upon completion of the Basic School and the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course in Ft Sill, Oklahoma, Lt Orr reported to the First Marine Division where he served as a Fire Direction Officer, Platoon commander,  Forward Observer and Executive Officer with Battery H, 3^rd Battalion, 11^th Marines from September 1987 to July 1991.  During this period he participated in two unit deployments to Okinawa and was the Battery Executive Officer during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm as a member of Task Force Ripper. From July 1991 to May 1993, he served as a Gunnery Instructor for the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course in Ft Sill, OK.  In June 1993, he assumed command of the Marine Battery, 2^nd Bn, 80^th Field Artillery.  During this time, he also attended and graduated from the Field Artillery Officer Advanced Course.  He left Ft Sill in 1994 to attend Amphibious Warfare School at Quantico, Virginia where he graduated in June of 1995. After graduating from AWS, he reported to the 1^st Marine Division where he served with 3^rd Battalion, 11^th Marines as the Commanding Officer, L 3/11 and Battalion Operations Officer, and as the Fire Support Coordinator for 7^th Marine Regiment in 29 Palms, California, from July 1995 to June 1998. During June 1998, he was transferred to Marine Corps Recruiting Station San Antonio, Texas where he served as the Commanding Officer until July 2001.  In August 2001, he reported to the Marine Corps Command and Staff College (CSC) where he graduated with Honors and earned a Masters of Military Science degree in June 2002.  While attending CSC, he was selected to attend the School of Advanced Warfighting (SAW).  While a student at SAW, he was assigned as an Operational Planner for the 1^st Marine Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Upon graduation from SAW in June 2003 he was assigned as the 11^th Marines Logistics Officer.  He assumed command of 1^st Battalion, 11^th Marines in May of 2004.  In June of 2006 he attended the Army War College in Carlisle, PA and graduated in June of 2007.  His previous assignment was as the Future Operations Officer for III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan, he is currently the Commanding Officer 14^th Marine Regiment.