Colonel Alexey Naumets became the regiment's commander on 2 June 2007. In 2008, the regiment invaded Georgia with the rest of the division. It fought in the Battle of Kodori Gorge. The regiment was assigned the title 'Guards' on 3 June 2013. The regiment contributed a battalion tactical group to participate in the August 2014 Russian military intervention in the War in Donbas. A group took part in the battle of Ilovaisk, where a column of regiments' fighting vehicles was photographed by regiment's soldier in front of destroyed R-149BMR command vehicle of the Ukrainian 121st Signal Brigade. In March 2015, the regiment opened its museum in Stavropol.