It was the first Army unit to be created in the newly independent country, being founded on 10 April 1992.

It was made up of elements of former Soviet units in Balti and Florești that used to form the 86th Guards Motor Rifle Division.

[1] The name "Moldova" was granted in August 1993 by order of defense minister Ion Costaș, and was handed its battle flag later that month by presidential decree.

In 1996, the International Military Applications "MEDCEUR-1996" were organized at the Brigade Training Center located near the village of Elizaveta with the involvement of the American and German armies.

[2][3][4][5] In 2013, the brigade commander gave President Nicolae Timofti an engraved souvenir of the unit.