In order for the first battalion of the Ukrainian marines to become a combat-ready unit as soon as possible, the personnel for conscript service for it were selected from among the officers and ensigns of the 810th separate brigade of marine infantry of the Black Sea Fleet, as well as the Northern, Baltic and Pacific Fleets of the former USSR, and soldiers and sergeants from the air - landing troops.

Psychological testing of volunteers was carried out, physical and moral qualities of candidates for marines were checked.

The main task of the battalion was to counter the marines of the Russian Federation in the Crimea during the distribution of the fleet.

On September 9, 1997, the 27th separate battalion of marines was relocated to the base of the 42nd military town in the city of Sevastopol.

For 7 months, soldiers in black berets carried out the task of maintaining peace and tranquility in the territory of the municipality of Štrpce in the Balkans.

On March 19, 2014, servicemen of the 1st Feodosia separate marine infantry battalion appealed to the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Ukrainian authorities regarding specific directives for actions in the current situation.

[8] On the morning of March 24, Russian troops, supported by two Mil Mi-24 helicopters, stormed part of the Feodosian marines.

[11] In the evening of March 26, Dmytro Delyatsky and Rostyslava Lomtev, together with other Ukrainian officers, were released from Russian captivity.

[13] On October 29, 2014, senior sailor Artem Kornev, who had been serving in the 1-FOBMP since 2009, and after the annexation of Crimea, was killed in Talakivka township in the town of Talakivka as part of a combined unit of the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which carried out combat missions during the Russo-Ukrainian War.

[18] As of December 2012: The battalion is nicknamed the "Salty Dogs", acquired during military training in the United States.