The band was formed in 1950 and began as the foremost musical group of the Mongolian People's Army.

[1] It was led for over 30 years by Colonel Navaany Tserenpil who drastically changed the band's style and structure to reflect the Russian model.

[3] Today, the MAF Band participates in receptions dedicated to state holidays, parades, and accompanies the visits of heads of state and government to Mongolia.

He was born on October 15, 1915, in Khoroo in the Selenge Province, spending his early childhood in poverty, becoming a sawyer age of 14.

He enlisted in the army in 1936 and became a soldier in a Special Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.