The Regiment, based in Gorizia, was established in 2001 from the elevation of the pre-existing Battalion to a higher level, is a mobile unit with a propensity for foreign deployment.

[4] With the development of international peacekeeping and stability operations, the Regiment was chosen, together with the 7th Carabinieri Battalion "Trentino Alto Adige", to function as the expeditionary pawn for missions abroad.

[1] In 2003 the 13th Carabinieri Regiment "Friuli Venezia Giulia" inaugurated the framework of the MSU Task Force operations "Antica Babilonia" in Iraq, hoisting the Italian flag in the "Animal House" base.

[1] On 22 February 2021, Carabiniere Vittorio Iacovacci, escorting the Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio, fell into an ambush in Congo and died on the line of duty.

[3] The Regiment is mainly used in missions abroad, contributing to forming a large part of the contingents for the IPU (Integrated Police Unit) Regiments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, employing military police units for the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon, also operating in Albania, North Macedonia, Haiti, Georgia, Eritrea, Palestine, Chad, Somalia, Libya, Djibouti.

[3] Furthermore, the Regiment provides military police forces and also surveillance and escort teams for some of the Italian embassies present in countries defined as "at risk".

Aspiring operators attend a course lasting approximately 6 months divided into two phases, with intermediate and final practical and theoretical tests for each module.

At the end of the course, the Carabinieri of the 13th Regiment acquire the qualification of "crisis area operator" and consolidate and increase their skills by carrying out continuous maintenance and updating cycles.