The Border Detachment of the MGB tasked with patrol of the regional borders with Moldova and Ukraine. 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 detachment was formed in September 1993 from the Black Sea Cossacks and soldiers of the TSO. On 14 September 1993, the Border Guard received a battle banner. Today, there are two Cossack border commandant's offices, units of which more than 75% of the personnel are Cossacks. The border outpost in Bender is named after the Cossack Colonel Driglov, who died defending the during the Transnistria War. Border Guards Day is celebrated on 14 September.