In its duties, it often works with the 154th Preobrazhensky Independent Commandant's Regiment, which is the official honor guard regiment of the Russian Armed Forces. Among the military funerals it organizes at Novodevichy Cemetery are those of high ranking generals. It also does the same for national leaders, having first organized the state funeral of Joseph Stalin in March 1953. Events at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier take place with the organization of the commandant. In 2018, in honor of the centenary of the military commandant's office, the 1967 lighting of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was recreated in the Alexander Garden of Moscow.