On 17 March 2011, by decree of the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, the brigade was given its current name. A short while later, members of the brigade were sent to the United States to train at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island with servicemen of the United States Marine Corps. With all the reorganizations, the military unit number had always remained the same. During a military parade on Constitution Day in Astana's Independence Square, Kazakh marines marched for the first time. During the Zhanaozen massacre, there were reports of 1,500 marines being sent to Zhanaozen to "restore order". In July 2015, the brigade opened the contest "Caspian Sea-2015".