Noone seems to have mentioned that the SAS are based at Hereford, and that they have gained increasing amounts of media attention for every passing year despite standing orders that men of the Regiment are to keep their faces out of the press if possible. Famous ex-SAS Sergeant Andy McNab did his share to promote the whole shebang by getting captured in Iraq during the Gulf War, being highly decorated, quitting the army and then writing books and assisting with the urban combat scenes of the movie "Heat".
Another recent reference to the SAS is in the movie Ronin, directed by John Frankenheimer, where Robert de Niro exposes a mercenary newbie by asking him "What color is the boathouse at Hereford?". The SAS traditionally perform Green Ops during wartime and then spend peacetime with training, hostage rescue and occasional Black Ops.