Based at Kazachi Lageri, Rostov Oblast, the brigade is part of the Southern National Guard District.

From May to November 1992 the division fought in support of the state of emergency in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Karachay-Cherkessia during ethnic conflict in those regions.

At the beginning of the First Chechen War in December 1994 the division was sent into Chechnya, where their duties included reconnaissance and convoy escort.

[6][7] For their actions in Chechnya, twelve servicemen of the division received the title Hero of Russia, ten of them posthumously, including Andrey Zozulya, Rafik Kadyrbulatov, Sergey Petrushko, Oleg Tereshkin, and Vitaly Tsymanovsky.

Personnel of the brigade participated in cleanup efforts in Krymsk after the 2012 Krasnodar Krai floods and in the security of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

[11] The brigade received new battle flags in March 2023, while commanded by Major General Mikhail Kalupin.