This one's fast circulating around in the web. First read at Businessweek, the author is anonymous and we'll take the author's word that he has been in the Special Forces. For all the geardos and special forces wannabes, especially among airsoft players, better print this out and follow his tips. Best of luck in your attempt to get that look and still maintain your day job.

"How to Look Like You're in the Special Forces: Anonymous"
(As first read at Businessweek)

1. First, go to EMS and buy the biggest watch you can find. A foreign special services officer asked me once whether we recruited guys based on the size of their watches or whether we bought everyone a big watch as a reward after training.

2. Cut the sleeves off your shirt. It’s hot in the Middle East, and guys would cut the sleeves off their operational uniforms. It makes sense in certain situations, but I had to tell my team, “Look, I know it’s hot, but I need you to meet safety parameters. You’re gonna get scratched.”

3. Make it your boss’s job to tell you to get a haircut and a shave.

4. Wear sunglasses. Everywhere. I’ll tell my team, “Hey, we’re inside. We can take off our sunglasses.” But they don’t.

(Photo Source: US NAVY SEALs SDV Team-1 Operation Redwing from Defense Industry Daily)

5. Keep quiet. The baddest guys I know are also the quietest. The guy who’s talking about doing badass stuff? He’s probably not the biggest badass in the room. It’s a little like that guy on the football team who wears his letterman jacket all the time.

6. Never say “no.” Your first reaction has to be, “Yes, I can do that,” and then you figure out how. If the president asked me to go to the moon tomorrow, I’d say yes. Then I’d say, “I’ll need some training. And someone who can fly a rocket.” — As told to Brendan Greeley

Anonymous led teams in the Middle East and South Asia as a special forces officer.

Hat tip to: Pistol Pete, Ravisiong Rick Rude, BBHead, Sparrow, and those others I forgot to mention here for the link (my apologies to them).