After three decades of peace, SASR plunges into 25 years of continuous action. Its versatility is challenged in delicate operations in 1999 in East Timor and the controversial boarding of the refugee ship Tampa.

After 9/11 SASR joins the American-led Coalition invading Afghanistan in search of Osama Bin Laden, and aiming to defeat his terrorist support. In the shooting war in Afghanistan, SASR faces its toughest enemy ever in Al Qaeda and the Taliban.

The effectiveness of small SASR teams is dramatically demonstrated in as assault on Bin Laden's forces in the formidable Shah-i-Kot valley. The regiment wins a coveted US Unit Citation for Operation Anaconda , a fierce 12-day attrition battle in which SASR patrols avert a certain defeat of the Coalition forces.

In 2001 and 2003 SASR captures illegal shipping on the high seas. In 2003 it spearheads the invasion of IRAQ before returning in 2006 to asymmetric warfare in Afghanistan. The series concludes with reflections on SAS veterans' long-term health, the global threat to food security, the possible tasking of SASR against narcotics and its deployment across the entire strategic spectrum of an increasingly troubled, complex world.