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===Special Boat Service===
In 1987, they were renamed Special Boat Service, and became part of the [[United Kingdom Special Forces]] Group alongside the Special Air Service and [[14 Intelligence Company]]. In the [[Gulf War]], there was no amphibious role assigned to the SBS. An "area of operations line" was drawn down the middle of Iraq; the SAS would operate west of the line and the SBS to the east. As well as searching for mobile [[Scud]] missile launchers, the SBS's assigned area contained a mass of fibre-optic cable that provided Iraq with intelligence; the location of the main junction of the network was 32 miles from Baghdad. On 22 January 1991, 36 SBS members were inserted by two Chinook helicopters from [[No. 7 Squadron RAF]] into an area full of Iraqi ground and air forces as well as spies and nomads. The SBS team managed to avoid these and destroyed a 40-yard section of the cable with explosives, neutralising what was left of the Iraqi communication grid.<ref>Cawthorne, Nigel, ''The Mammoth Book of Inside the Elite Forces'', Robinson, 2008  {{ISBN|978-1845298210}}, p. 509</ref> The SBS also carried out one of its most high-profile operations when it liberated the British Embassy in Kuwait, abseiling from helicopters hovering above the embassy.<ref name=bbc>{{cite news |work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=10 March 2010 |title=The secretive sister of the SAS |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1659585.stm |date=16 November 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214225933/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1659585.stm |archive-date=14 February 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> They also carried out diversionary raids along the Kuwaiti coast which diverted a number of Iraqi troops away from the main thrust of the coalition buildup, to the SBS area of operations.{{sfn|Van der Bijl|Hannon|1995|p=16}}

In September 1999, about 20 SBS members contributed to the Australian-led [[International Force for East Timor]] (INTERFET) in [[East Timor]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Marines in spearhead|journal=Navy News|date=October 1999|page=1|url=https://issuu.com/navynews/docs/199910|access-date=8 November 2016|publisher=Ministry of Defence|issn=0028-1670|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109021314/https://issuu.com/navynews/docs/199910|archive-date=9 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Together with the Australian [[Special Air Service Regiment]] and the [[New Zealand Special Air Service]] they formed INTERFET's special forces element, named Response Force.{{sfn|Farrell|2000}}<ref name="Benjamin">{{cite web|author1=Benjamin James Morgan|title=A Brief History of Australian Army Operations in East Timor, 1999–2005 |date=6 January 2006 |url=http://www.geocities.com/benjamin.morgan/index.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20091023013318/http://www.geocities.com/benjamin.morgan/index.htm |archive-date=23 October 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Response Force departed from [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] by [[C-130 Hercules]] transport aircraft and flew into [[Dili]] tasked with securing the [[Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport|airport]], a seaport and a heli-port to enable regular forces to land and deploy. The SBS were filmed driving a [[Land Rover Defender]] out of a Hercules.{{sfn|Farrell|2000}}<ref name="Benjamin" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/452208.stm |date=20 September 1999|title=British troops start work in East Timor|work=BBC News|access-date=11 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405013809/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/452208.stm |archive-date=5 April 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> Response Force was then used to perform a variety of tasks including direct action and special reconnaissance throughout East Timor. The British forces, including the SBS, withdrew in December 1999.{{sfn|Farrell|2000}}<ref name="Benjamin" /> Sergeant Mark Andrew Cox was awarded the [[Military Cross]] after his patrol came under fire from pro-Indonesian militia.<ref>{{cite journal|title=MC Award puts Royal Marine in record book|journal=Navy News|date=December 2000|page=2|url=https://issuu.com/navynews/docs/200012|access-date=8 November 2016|publisher=Ministry of Defence|issn=0028-1670|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109021455/https://issuu.com/navynews/docs/200012|archive-date=9 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=56017|date=3 November 2000 |page=12363|supp=y}}</ref>