MWSS 174 activated 16 June 1986 at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, as Marine Wing Support Squadron 174, and assigned to Marine Wing Support Group 17, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, Fleet Marine Force.
The unit relocated to Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii 1 October 1988 and reassigned to Marine Aircraft Group 24. 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Fleet Marine Force.
MWSS-174 participated in operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia, from September 1990 to February 1991.
The squadron was deactivated on 30 September 1994.
On 24 April 2013, the unit was reactivated at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii as Marine Wing Support Detachment 24 and assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing.
The unit was redesignated on 15 October 2021 as Marine Wing Support Squadron 174