The Separate Regiment of Protection is a security unit of the armed forces under the ministry. The Honour Guard Company falls under its command. it descends from the Yerevan Special Regiment, founded on 20 September 1990 with 26 platoons from Yerevan.http://mil.am/en/libraries/36 In 2008, the regiment, as this point known as the Capital Regiment, handed over its territory to the Armenian Peacekeeping Brigade, moving to a different location. It has taken part in the 2010, 2015 and 2020 Moscow Victory Day ParadesArchived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: on Red Square. It is currently led by Colonel Ashot Hakobyan a graduate of the Moscow Higher Military Command School. The Armenian contingent at the 2010 parade was led by the grandson of Soviet Armenian Marshal Sergei Khudyakov, Lieutenant Colonel Vardan Khanferyants. The contingent's color guard held the flag of the 89th Rifle Division in the latter two parades.
