[4] On 14 November 1992, former territorial rescue detachment fighters took the role of protecting of the borders of the republic, along with the Black Sea Cossacks.
On 1 March 1993, in the structure of the Ministry of State Security, a reserve cossack regiment was created.
The border outpost in Bender is named after the Cossack Colonel Driglov, who died defending the during the Transnistria War.
It is currently subordinate directly to the MGB, and is enlisted in the reserve of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, it currently performs tasks of protecting the national border and fight against terrorism.
[7][8] In late June of that year, the Delta battalion took part in the battle of Bender, driving the forces of the Moldovan National Army from the bridge over the Dnister River.